Brewton beats Evergreen Monday
Published 10:10 pm Tuesday, July 6, 2010
In a Monday night elimination game in Opp, with the winner advancing to play Opp for the championship Tuesday, Brewton demolished Evergreen 20-5 in four innings to stay alive in the tournament.
With the win, Brewton was set to take on Opp Tuesday needing to defeat them twice.
Scores were not aailable at press time, but if Brewton were to win Tuesday, a deciding game would be played Wednesday in Opp at 7 p.m.
In the game Monday against Evergreen, Brewton led 4-0 after the first inning.
Evergreen cut the Brewton lead to 4-1 in the top of the second inning but Brewton scored five runs in the bottom of the inning to extend their lead to 9-1.
In the top of the third inning, Evergreen cut the Brewton lead once again as they plated four in the inning to cut the lead to 9-5.
Those runs would be the final runs of the game for Evergreen as Brewton scored 11 in the bottom of the third to win by 15, 20-5, and claim the win in four innings due to the mercy rule.
Tim McDonald earned the win on the mound for Brewton as he went two innings and allowed four runs on one hit, struck out two and walked five.
The one hit McDonald gave up was the only hit in the game for Evergreen.
Ethan Tyree relieved McDonald and went 2/3 of an inning walking and striking out two.
Trippe Floyd went one inning and struck out two and walked one.
Brooks Brown went the final 1/3 of an inning and allowed no hits.
At the plate for Brewton, Kellyn Winn was 1-for-3 with one RBI and Jake Najor was 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Floyd was 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs and Tyree was 1-for-3 with a three-run homerun.
Jared Cooper was 1-for-2 with a double and one RBI and Jonathon Lucas was 1-for-3.
Brown and Tyler Hoomes both had one RBI each in the win for Brewton.