Ryle 8, Highlands 2

[Raiderbback04]

Ryle's ace, Brent Humphrey, pitched four innings of one-hit ball to get the win. Highlands threw their ace, a big strong righty with a good #1 pitch. Control problems plagued the Birds as Ryle must have had at least 3 HBP's and 7 walks to go along with 6-7 hits. Garrett Wagner led Ryle's offensive attack with two knocks and two RBI's. Mark Guttridge had the biggest hit of the game with a double to right center to open the scoring in the bottom of the third after a two-out walk and stolen base by Jerrod Babik and a HBP of Wagner. Vince Murray then laced a single to left to plate Guttridge and the Raiders controlled the rest of the game, leading 8-0 before the Birds dented the plate versus Giovanni Devita, who pitched the last three innings. The Raiders played sharp defensively again.

[Crossbar]

Great win by Ryle over a solid Highlands team.

[Diamond Dandy]

Looks like Hump, Hughes, Hatfield, Collins, Divita and Weis are all peaking at the right time. With that pitching, the raiders traditional solid defense and the ability to hit thru the line up, Coach Roesel has to like his chances.