The Polk Middle baseball team beat Brevard Middle last Thursday, April 14 13-3 to go 6 and 2 on the season.
“The win was big – our bats came alive,” said Coach Ruth. “We had only averaged a little over six hits per game, and Thursday the team had 14 hits. It seemed like everyone in the lineup had a hit.”
In actuality, every one of the starting nine had hits except two. Morgan Groves and Konner Scruggs were both 3 for 3 and between them had 7 RBIs. Daniel Painter was 3 for 4, Dequn Gary and Sean Doyle were both 1 for 2 with a walk, Tyler Campbell was 1 for 1, and Mark Mazzilli and Bryce Martin were both 1 for 3 with a walk.
“I keep stressing to them, put your bat on the ball and good things will happen, and I think today they realized how much it paid off,” Ruth said.
“They have been winning their games with good pitching and defense,” Ruth added. “Today was no different, but with all the hits we won with a much larger margin.”
Martin got the win on the mound, throwing two innings with only one earned run, and Groves closed the deal, pitching to only nine batters in three innings and having five Ks.
The team will resume play after spring break on April 26 with a game against Bethel Middle School in Canton.
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