Forest City Pounds Petersburg 11-2 to End 2012 Season
August 2, 2012 - Coastal Plain League (Coastal Plain)
Forest City Owls News Release
Forest City, NC- The Forest City Owls finished the regular season in style, beating the Petersburg Generals 11-2 on Thursday night for the team's 5th straight win. The Owls end the year as the #3 seed heading into the Petitt Cup Playoffs. Forest City will take on the 6th seeded Asheboro Copperheads. The Owls will play Game 1 at Asheboro on Saturday night. Forest City will host Game 2 on Sunday and Game 3 (if necessary) on Monday.
The Owls wasted no time building an early lead against Generals starter Danny Mooney. Forest City sent eleven men to the plate in the 1st inning, building a 5-0 lead. Each of the first five Owls reached base with four singles and a walk. Mooney ended up surrendering five runs in the inning, although only four were earned. He also walked three batters in the 1st after having walked just eight batters the entire season prior to tonight.
Forest City's offensive onslaught was backed by Bryce Danielson's best outing of the year. The lefty went a season-high seven innings and allowed just two unearned runs on six hits and five walks. Adam Westmoreland struck out the side in the 8th and Drake Thomason pitched a perfect 9th to end the game.
Forest City tacked on three runs each in the 4th and 7th innings. The final exclamation point came in the 7th when Owls closer Jake Padgett drove in two runs with a double off the wall in the gap in left-centerfield. Hunter Privette, who started the inning off with a single, and Mark Lindsay both scored on the play. Kurt Seiders followed with an RBI double as well to make it 11-2 Forest City.
The Owls have tomorrow off before the Petitt Cup Playoffs begin. Forest City heads to Asheboro for Game 1 on Saturday and return to McNair Field for Game 2 on Sunday. Call 828-245-0000 to order tickets or stop by the ticket booth at McNair Field. If you can't make it in person, you can listen to the action live via WebPass through the Coastal Plain League website at www.coastalplain.com.
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