Fairview 12 Raceland 4 Class A

[longtimecoach]

WP R Harris -- Harris did a very good job keeping Raceland off balance at the plate

Thompson 3b-2b 6 RBIs

T Greene 3-4 3RBIs

 

Fairview was on tonite

[oldrambler]

Fairview obviously came out ready to play and Raceland was probably way over confident. Terrible loss for the Rams. My only message to the Raceland players would be that you have to respect everyone and play EVERY game. If a poster was correct on the Raceland/Russell game thread maybe the "playing Russell like a scrimmage game" attitude stuck with the Rams in this one. Hopefully this will wake up Raceland's baseball team for team rest of the season and the district.

 

Congrats to Fairview on the win , you (by the score) obviously deserved it.

[bobbyearl]

Who pitched for Raceland in this game?

[Statmaster]

Grizzle pitched for Raceland.

[longtimecoach]

Eagles show off some leather, beat Rams 12-4

 

By RICK GREENE — The Independent

 

Raceland — Fairview coach Rick Lambert has been waiting for his team’s defense to come around in the early part of the season.

 

The Eagles had good timing in Friday’s opening round of the 16th Region All “A” Classic against host Raceland.

 

Fairview showed off its leather with several nice defensive plays and didn’t commit an error in helping starter Robbie Harris go the route in a 12-4 win over the Rams.

 

Fairview advances to today’s semifinals against Elliott County at noon. The second semifinal has Rose Hill meeting the winner of Friday’s late game between Bath County and Menifee County at 2 p.m. Today’s finals are scheduled for 4 p.m.

 

“We just couldn’t get any leadoff hitters on base. Harris challenged us all day,” Raceland coach Randy Vanderhoof said. “He had good control and they had some great defensive plays. It’s a shame ESPN wasn’t here to watch them play defense.”

 

While Harris cruised through four scoreless innings, Raceland starter Scott Grizzle had trouble finding the plate.

 

Grizzle recorded 11 strikeouts in 5-2/3 innings, but the senior left hander often worked from behind in the count and threw 79 pitches in the first three innings.

 

“It was key for us to be patient because he was all around the plate,” said Fairview coach Rick Lambert, whose team improved to 4-2. “It’s a whole lot easier when you’re patient at the plate and wait for a pitch to hit.”

 

After taking a 1-0 lead in the second, Fairview took command with a five-run third that saw it send 10 hitters to the plate.

 

The key hit was a three-run double by third baseman Matt Thompson. The right hander sent a full-count delivery down the right field line with two outs and plated Jeff Evans, Matt Jones and Casey Clark.

 

Thompson added a three-run triple in the sixth, which was part of a four-run inning, to put the game away. He finished 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and six RBIs.

 

“He’s hitting the ball well,” Lambert said of Thompson. “I think the first at-bat was key. He had two strikes, but he stayed patient and came up with a big hit.”

 

Grizzle held the Eagles scoreless in the fourth and the fifth as the Rams tried to stay in contention.

 

“He didn’t have real good control,” Vanderhoof said of Grizzle. “He settled down, but by then he was tired and worn out.”

 

Grizzle exited with two outs in the fifth. He gave up seven hits, three walks and nine earned runs.

 

Fairview center fielder Tyson Greene, who had a spectacular diving catch on a hard hit ball by Grizzle into the right center gap in the fifth, finished 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored. Harris was 2-for-3 at the plate with two runs scored.

 

Josh Wilson was 3-for-4 for Raceland (7-4) with a double and scored a run. John Scott Carver had three singles in four at-bats and had an RBI. Justin Ross was 2-for-3 with a run scored.

 

The Rams played without senior Blake Morris. Vanderhoof had no comment on Morris’ absence.

 

The winner of the tournament meets 14th Region winner Hazard for a trip to the All “A” State Tournament.

 

 

 

FAIRVIEW 015 004 2 — 12 9 0

 

RACELAND 000 010 3 — 4 13 2

 

Harris and Bailey. Grizzle, Reynolds (6), Phillips (7) and Deskins. WP — Harris. LP — Grizzle. 2B — Thompson (F), Greene 2 (F), Wilson ®, Phillips ®. 3B — Thompson (F), Martin ®.

[bobbyearl]

Congrats to Fairview, truely suprised at margin of victory with Raceland"s ace pitching. Thought they were a team that could make a deep run at Applebees in all A.

[oldrambler]

Congrats to Fairview, truely suprised at margin of victory with Raceland"s ace pitching. Thought they were a team that could make a deep run at Applebees in all A.

Good post here bobby, I also send my congrats to the Eagles and I agree that Raceland could had made a deep run. Lesson learned - you have to play EVERY game and respect every opponet. When it comes to tournament time there are no "free passes".

 

Raceland has a very talented team and hopefully they can recover from this and have a sucsessful season, I believe they can and will do just that. GO RAMBLERS!!!! :thumb:

[longtimecoach]

Congrats to Fairview, truely suprised at margin of victory with Raceland"s ace pitching. Thought they were a team that could make a deep run at Applebees in all A.

 

I think Fairview was underrated at the very first by allot of folks.

Some were saying that pitching was going to be a big problem for this team.

In fact Fairview does not call anyone their ace but has 3 very good pitchers that are very consistent and has good plate location.

R Harris

Thompson

Brown

All different pitchers with their our style that works for them.

After talking with Assistant coach Hale he made a very good point, these boys get along very well and love the game and know they need each and everyone of them to play well to win. With my past coaching experience and watching area baseball I think team chemistry is the key to a successful team.

This team will do well this season and also next season, as they are a very young team.

Raceland has a very good and talented team and will use this as a learning experience and be right in the hunt for the region.

 

The region is wide open with Greenup, Russell, and Boyd playing well also.

Very good coaches for all these teams.

[oldrambler]

 

The region is wide open with Greenup, Russell, and Boyd playing well also.

Very good coaches for all these teams.

Imo the 16th region is Boyd's to lose, they are a clear favorite. I agree with your othar picks as well in GCHS, Raceland and Russell. Fairview has now shown that they can play with anyone and they cannot be counted out and one cannot ever count Ashland out.

[MVP_007]

The rams just didnt come to play last night. I think they came into this game way over confident. Grizzle was all over the place, the fielders were not making routine plays, and every ball the rams hit fairview found a way to catch it. I think alot of the distractions that were going on this week really got to the rams, they did not look focused for this game. They missed Blake Morris' bat in the lineup also. Hopefully he will be back on the team soon. But dont let this loss fool you, the Rams are a very talented baseball team, they just had one of those nights were nothing goes your way. Congrats to Fairview for the win.

[Statmaster]

I dont think Raceland missed routine plays. They only had 1 error that I can remember , and it was after the game was out of hand. Walks killed the Rams. I believe Raceland walked 8 batters and also hit 1. Put that with some big timely hits, and you get 12 runs scored on you.

[cvillecat]

Congratulations to Fairview on the win. Lambert continues to do a very good job.

The Rams need to learn from this game and move forward with a positive attitude. Hopefully the Senior leadership will step up and have the Rams ready before district play begins.

Never take an opponent lightly.

[thewalrus]

Who won the second game between Bath and Menifee?

[longtimecoach]

Who won the second game between Bath and Menifee?

 

I think Bath won 5-4

[dinoradja]

Robbie Harris is one player who has been really good the last couple of years but flies under the radar. He is 10-0 over the last two seasons and has been on the varsity since the 8th grade. Great kid.