Pam Pack thrashes Conley, 18-1

Published 5:36 pm Wednesday, June 15, 2016

GREENVILLE — It was a clash between the same teams, just in a different location. Washington and Conley met on Tuesday, this time in Greenville, for the backend of their home-and-home series to start off the summer baseball season.

The result, however, was a lot different. The Pam Pack demolished the Vikings, 18-1, in a four-inning game. The two teams had played a one-run, eight-inning game just a day before.

Arguably more impressive than the offensive explosion was the fact that Washington did so without many of its varsity players starting the game. A handful of the usual starters were late arriving at Conley because of football practice at Washington.

The Pam Pack never missed a beat. The boys jumped out of the gate with half a dozen runs in the top of the first, scoring five of those with two outs. Logan Everett broke through first with an RBI double to centerfield, putting Washington’s first run on the board and effectively opening the floodgates.

“A lot of them came in late from football practice, so a lot of guys from the JV team had to step in and start the game,” coach Kevin Leggett said. “They got six runs right off the bat and it set the tone for the game. The other guys showed up and they kept it going throughout the game.”

Washington chased Conley’s starting pitcher before the end of the opening stanza. Jeremiah Moore was the first to tag him for a run when he singled through the right side, plating Bryson Brooks.

The Vikings scored once in the bottom of the first and went three up, three down in the second. They were forced to make two pitching changes in the top of the third as Washington poured on another nine runs. Riley Davis highlighted the frame with a bases-clearing, three-RBI triple to the left-field corner. Cody Godley followed with a shot to the same area to push across Davis. The Pam Pack had eight hits in the inning and three of them went for extra bases.

“They kept sitting back on the ball tonight. A lot of times we get in front of it,” Leggett said. “They sat back, drove it up the middle, put it in play and made things happen. They weren’t trying to do too much.

Fredrick Holscher took the mound in the bottom of the third. He was able to keep the Vikings off the board despite them loading the bases.

After scoring twice more in the top of the fourth, Nick Everette got the nod to pitch what would be the final three outs of the game. He hit a batter and issued a walk to help Conley load the bases, but fanned some Vikings to escape with no damage done.

“We didn’t make errors in the field and we didn’t let them put too many in the field to make errors,” Leggett said. “Pitching was good. We got to give Nick an inning. He didn’t get to pitch this season. He pitched a lot last season, so hopefully we’ll get him in a lot as the summer goes.”