The victory gave 7U Blue a 1-0 start to pool play in the Central Division (the top three teams advance to Saturday's single-elimination tournament).
Some very quick offensive highlights: nine different players (Trey, Joey, Gavin, Chace, Bryce, Joseph, Mason, Ben and Asher) had at least three hits apiece in the game, and three different players (Gavin, Chace, Asher) had at least three RBI. Every player on the roster scored at least one run. In other words, it was an impressive team offensive explosion from up and down the order.
Game 1 West Raleigh 7U scoring plays
First inning
You might want to get comfortable. This was West Raleigh's biggest inning of the season and featured 23 hitters coming to the plate, 13 hits and 18 runs. Every player in the West Raleigh order scored at least once. It all began with a double from Trey. Joey followed with a single to left, and then Gavin drove in the first two runs of the day with a two-run single. He took second on the throw home, enabling him to score on Chace's double to right-center. After Jake's line shot to the right side, Bryce drove in a run with a grounder up the middle. Joseph's hard grounder was too hot to handle and scored another run, and Mason lined a single to left. Ben singled to right-center, driving in JT, and then Asher singled the other way to score Mason.
If you're keeping score at home, that's 10 West Raleigh hitters, nine runs, and zero outs. There were almost more West Raleigh runs than there were bugs at the field...well, I wouldn't go that far.
Trey singled to right, Joey beat out a grounder to the left side, and Gavin singled to score Asher. Chace lined a two-run single. Bryce beat out another ground ball before JT picked up his second RBI of the inning. Mason hustled out a solid hit to the left side, and Ben beat out a single in the middle of the infield. Asher singled back through the middle to score JT. The inning eventually came to an end after Alex and Joey picked up run-scoring hits on the third time through the order.
Score after one-half inning: WR 7U 18, Wayne North 0
Second inning
Timmy led off with a shot through the left side. Jake roped a single to right, and Bryce loaded the bases with an opposite field single. Elias started the two-out scoring with an RBI single, and then Asher drove in a pair with a single that hugged the third-base line. Alex singled to right, and Joey hit a long RBI single to left. Gavin drove in two--bringing him to five RBI in the first two innings--with a double to deep center.
Score after one and a half innings: WR 7U 24, Wayne North 0
Third inning
With the bases loaded, Asher singled in JT.
Score after two and a half innings: WR 7U 25, Wayne North 0
Fourth inning
Joey led off with a single back up the middle. Gavin doubled, and then the two-out scoring began again (17 of the 34 runs came across with two outs). This time it was consecutive RBI singles from Bryce, Joseph, Mason, Ben, Asher, Trey, Gavin, Timmy and Jake that ignited the offense.
Score after three and a half innings: WR 7U 34, Wayne North 0
Game 1 Web Gems
- JT went over to the line to field a ground ball in the second inning and made a strong throw all the way across the diamond to Timmy, who made a good stretch to get the out.
- The West Raleigh infield overall was very solid, with just one error combined.
- Asher and Ben worked hard behind the plate on a very warm day.
| Game 1 line score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H |
| West Raleigh 7U | 18 | 6 | 1 | 9 | X | X | 34 | 33 |
| Wayne North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 2 |
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