Wood hurls complete game in Wolverines win
Daren Wood pitched a complete game and had the only extra base hit, a double leading the Wolverines to a 4-3 victory over visiting Oak Hill in Mountain Valley Conference baseball action April 28.
The Wolverines scored all four of their runs in the third inning. After Wiscasset spotted the Raiders a 1-0 lead, Oak Hill’s pitcher went through a bit of a wild steak. He loaded the bases on walks and hit two batters leading to a pair of unearned runs. Conlon Ranta then laced a base hit to left field, driving in two more runs for Wiscasset and making it a 4-1 ballgame.
In the fifth inning, Oak Hill’s lead off batter reached on a base on balls, but the next batter grounded out to second baseman Bryson Grover, who fired the ball to shortstop Tyler Bailey who was covering second to get the lead runner. The next batter slapped a ground ball, again to Grover, who threw to first baseman Brandon Sprague for the second out. The inning ended with a come-backer to the mound that Wood tossed over to first base.
Wood led off the home half of the fifth with a towering double over the left fielder’s head. Bailey then lined out to center, Ranta grounded out and Webber popped out to end the inning, standing Wood at second.
After setting Oak Hill down in order in the sixth inning, Wood returned to the mound to finish the game. He was facing the seventh, eight and ninth batters in the Raider batting order. After striking out the lead-off hitter, the next player reached on an error. Wood then fanned the next hitter for out number two. The Raiders, however, wouldn’t go quietly. A base hit, followed by a walk and another base hit and all of the sudden it was 4-3 ball game with runners on the corners.
Wood, who had been pitching out of the stretch, went back to a full windup and promptly struck out the next batter on three pitches.
The win lifts Coach Gregg Wood and the Woverines to a 2-1 record. The team hosts St. Dom’s Academy Friday. The opening pitch is set for 4 p.m.
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