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GEORGETOWN, DEL. —
Whenever Sussex Central and Indian River meet on the baseball diamond, everybody involved knows only to expect the unexpected.
When the Golden Knights and Indians came together for the first of their two annual rivalry clashes Wednesday in Georgetown, to nobody’s surprise the battle was a wild affair.
Having just watched Central tie the contest in the bottom half of the seventh inning thanks to Butch Booth home run, IR put up seven runs in the top half of the eighth en route to a 15-8 victory.
“I’m not sure how many more of these I can take,” said newly-hired IR head coach Kevin Cordrey, whose team sat at 3-2 after the win. “This wasn’t our prettiest win, but I’m proud of the way we came together to earn it. Our guys never gave up.”
During the extra inning outburst, the Indians got a solo home run from Steve Castro (2-for-4) and later a three-run blast from senior Jake Seiders (2-for-6).
Junior Max Wilkinson went 2-for-3 at the dish and drove in three for IR, who pounded out 12 hits against five Central pitchers.
Entering in relief, senior Indians ace Zach Moeser went five innings and allowed four runs on 10 Central hits to pick up the win.
Central possibly could have won the game in the seventh on Booth’s home run, as junior Connor Cooper drilled an double to right-center but was gunned down trying to stretch it into triple by way of a perfect Collier Donald relay throw.
“That’s one of the biggest plays of the game, because if he is on and that home run comes, we lose,” Cordrey said. “We stress how important it is to be in the right place during every situation, and that’s exactly what happened there.”
Central, which was plagued by six errors in the contest, got a 2-for-4 day at the dish and a pair of RBI from senior Matt Cleary. The Knights, who finished with 15 hits, also saw senior Kevin Guthrie go 3-for-5.
In the bottom half of the first, the Knights got on the board with a pair of runs, but IR struck back with three in the third. Central answered in its half of the third frame to tie the contest and took a 7-5 advantage after the fourth before IR plated three in the fifth to reclaim its lead before Booth’s home run.
Whenever Sussex Central and Indian River meet on the baseball diamond, everybody involved knows only to expect the unexpected.
When the Golden Knights and Indians came together for the first of their two annual rivalry clashes Wednesday in Georgetown, to nobody’s surprise the battle was a wild affair.
Having just watched Central tie the contest in the bottom half of the seventh inning thanks to Butch Booth home run, IR put up seven runs in the top half of the eighth en route to a 15-8 victory.
“I’m not sure how many more of these I can take,” said newly-hired IR head coach Kevin Cordrey, whose team sat at 3-2 after the win. “This wasn’t our prettiest win, but I’m proud of the way we came together to earn it. Our guys never gave up.”
During the extra inning outburst, the Indians got a solo home run from Steve Castro (2-for-4) and later a three-run blast from senior Jake Seiders (2-for-6).
Junior Max Wilkinson went 2-for-3 at the dish and drove in three for IR, who pounded out 12 hits against five Central pitchers.
Entering in relief, senior Indians ace Zach Moeser went five innings and allowed four runs on 10 Central hits to pick up the win.
Central possibly could have won the game in the seventh on Booth’s home run, as junior Connor Cooper drilled an double to right-center but was gunned down trying to stretch it into triple by way of a perfect Collier Donald relay throw.
“That’s one of the biggest plays of the game, because if he is on and that home run comes, we lose,” Cordrey said. “We stress how important it is to be in the right place during every situation, and that’s exactly what happened there.”
Central, which was plagued by six errors in the contest, got a 2-for-4 day at the dish and a pair of RBI from senior Matt Cleary. The Knights, who finished with 15 hits, also saw senior Kevin Guthrie go 3-for-5.
In the bottom half of the first, the Knights got on the board with a pair of runs, but IR struck back with three in the third. Central answered in its half of the third frame to tie the contest and took a 7-5 advantage after the fourth before IR plated three in the fifth to reclaim its lead before Booth’s home run.
