Watauga Vs South Caldwell - The Showdown

Un...be...lieve...able!!!!

The only one's that believed Watauga would win were the Watauga coaches and players

For a game with all the hype; this one lived up to it. To the Pioneer fans this was more important win than the App St/Michigan win.

Congratulations to both teams for providing a classic. I can hardly wait for Part II

 

Moore 7 IP, 0 Runs, 1 Hit (6th by Jackson), 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP
Messer 7 IP, 1 Run Unearned, 4 Hits, 0 BB, 12 K, 2 HBP

5th inning Baker reached on error by 3B, advanced to 2nd on the error, Hardee singles scoring Baker.

 

PHP:

  [B]Watauga High vs South Caldwell High (Mar 17, 2008)[/B]

  Box scorePlay-by-PlayLine score     [B]Box Score[/B]

                          Watauga Pioneer Baseball 2008
                     Watauga High at #4 South Caldwell High
                Mar 17, 2008 at Sawmills, N.C. (Spartan Stadium)

Watauga High 1 (5-2,3-0 NW4A)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Ethan Moyer 2b...........  2  0  0  0   0  2  2  2   0
Baine Martin cf..........  3  0  1  0   0  2  4  0   3
Trey Dunnigan 1b.........  3  0  0  0   0  1  8  0   0
Austin Story 3b..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
Adam Church c............  3  0  1  0   0  1  6  0   0
Trey Lowder rf...........  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
Jake Wallace lf..........  2  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   0
Daniel Baker dh..........  3  1  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Cal Hardee ss............  2  0  2  1   0  0  0  2   0
Tyler Moore p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Totals................... 24  1  4  1   0 12 21  7   4

South Caldwell High 0 (6-1,1-1 NW4A)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Dom Dibernardi cf........  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
Lucas Jackson 2b.........  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  2   0
Brad Chavis c............  3  0  0  0   0  1 12  1   0
Cody Prestwood 1b........  2  0  0  0   1  0  5  0   1
Cody Penny 3b............  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  2   1
Tyler Dillard rf.........  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  1   0
Jimmy Messer p...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  1   1
Spencer Smith lf.........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
Dalton Hall ss...........  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   1
Totals................... 23  0  1  0   2  6 21  7   5

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Watauga High........ 000 010 0 -  1  4  1
South Caldwell High. 000 000 0 -  0  1  2
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E - T. Dunnigan; Brad Chavis; Cody Penny. DP - Spartans 1. LOB - Pioneers 4;
Spartans 5. 2B - Adam Church. HBP - Ethan Moyer; Jake Wallace; T. Dillard.
SB - Baine Martin; L. Jackson; T. Dillard.

Watauga High           IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
--------------------------------------------------
Tyler Moore.........  7.0  1  0  0  2  6 23 26  98

South Caldwell High    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
--------------------------------------------------
Jimmy Messer........  7.0  4  1  0  0 12 24 26  91

Win - Tyler Moore (2-1).  Loss - Jimmy Messer (2-1).  Save - None.
HBP - by Jimmy Messer (Jake Wallace); by Jimmy Messer (Ethan Moyer); by Tyler
Moore (T. Dillard). PB - Adam Church. Inherited runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: Tyler Moore 98/65; Jimmy Messer 91/67.
Umpires - HP: Charlie Henry  1B: Unk
Start: 6:57   Time: 1:30   Attendance: 202
Game: WHS0317

    [B]Play-by-Play[/B]

                          Watauga Pioneer Baseball 2008
             Watauga High at #4 South Caldwell High - Play-by-Play
                Mar 17, 2008 at Sawmills, N.C. (Spartan Stadium)


Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Watauga High........ 000 010 0 -  1  4  1
South Caldwell High. 000 000 0 -  0  1  2
-----------------------------------------

Watauga High starters: 16/2b Ethan Moyer; 21/cf Baine Martin; 24/1b T.
Dunnigan; 22/3b Austin Story; 27/c Adam Church; 15/rf Trey Lowder; 4/lf Jake
Wallace; 5/dh Daniel Baker; 20/ss Cal Hardee; 13/p Tyler Moore;
South Caldwell High starters: 3/cf D Dibernardi; 25/2b L. Jackson; 4/c Brad
Chavis; 10/1b C. Prestwood; 18/3b Cody Penny; 15/rf T. Dillard; 27/p Jimmy
Messer; 11/lf S. Smith; 7/ss Dalton Hall;

Watauga High 1st - Ethan Moyer struck out swinging (1-2). Baine Martin singled (2-2). T. Dunnigan struck out
swinging (0-2). Baine Martin stole second. Austin Story grounded out to p
(1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

South Caldwell High 1st - D Dibernardi grounded out to p (1-2). L.
Jackson flied out to cf (1-0). Brad Chavis flied out to cf (0-1). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Watauga High 2nd - Adam Church doubled (1-0). Trey Lowder lined into
double play 2b to ss (0-0); Adam Church out on the play. Jake Wallace struck
out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

South Caldwell High 2nd - C. Prestwood popped up to 2b (0-2). Cody Penny
grounded out to ss (0-0). T. Dillard reached on a throwing error by 1b (0-0).
T. Dillard stole second. Jimmy Messer grounded out to p (0-2). 0 runs, 0
hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Watauga High 3rd - Daniel Baker grounded out to 3b (2-0). Cal Hardee
singled (0-0). Ethan Moyer struck out swinging (1-2); Cal Hardee advanced to
second on a throwing error by c. Baine Martin struck out looking (2-2). 0
runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

South Caldwell High 3rd - S. Smith grounded out to 2b (3-1). Dalton Hall
grounded out to 2b (2-1). D Dibernardi lined out to 1b (1-1). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Watauga High 4th - T. Dunnigan lined out to ss (1-2). Austin Story
grounded out to 2b (1-0). Adam Church struck out looking (1-2). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

South Caldwell High 4th - L. Jackson flied out to cf (1-0). Brad Chavis
struck out swinging (1-2). C. Prestwood walked (3-2). Cody Penny struck out
looking (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Watauga High 5th - Trey Lowder struck out swinging (0-2). Jake Wallace
hit by pitch (1-1). Daniel Baker reached on an error by 3b, advanced to second
(0-0); Jake Wallace advanced to third, out at home rf to c. Cal Hardee singled,
RBI (1-2); Daniel Baker scored, unearned. Ethan Moyer hit by pitch (0-2); Cal
Hardee advanced to second. Baine Martin struck out swinging (0-2). 1 run, 1
hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.

South Caldwell High 5th - T. Dillard hit by pitch (0-1). Jimmy Messer
struck out swinging, bunt (0-2). T. Dillard advanced to second on a passed
ball. S. Smith struck out swinging (2-2). Dalton Hall flied out to cf (1-1).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Watauga High 6th - T. Dunnigan grounded out to 3b (0-0). Austin Story
struck out swinging (2-2). Adam Church flied out to cf (3-2). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

South Caldwell High 6th - D Dibernardi struck out swinging (2-2). L.
Jackson singled (0-2). Brad Chavis lined out to 2b (0-0). L. Jackson stole
second. C. Prestwood flied out to lf (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Watauga High 7th - Trey Lowder struck out looking (1-2). Jake Wallace
struck out swinging, grounded out to c unassisted (1-2). Daniel Baker struck
out swinging, out at first c to 1b (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

South Caldwell High 7th - Cody Penny struck out swinging (2-2). T.
Dillard walked (3-1). Jimmy Messer grounded out to ss (1-1); T. Dillard
advanced to second on a fielder's choice. S. Smith grounded out to p (0-0).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.      [B]Line score[/B]

 Watauga High 1, South Caldwell High 0 (Mar 17, 2008 at Sawmills, N.C.)
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Watauga High........ 000 010 0 -  1  4  1      (5-2, 3-0 NW4A)
South Caldwell High. 000 000 0 -  0  1  2      (6-1, 1-1 NW4A)
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Pitchers: Watauga High - Tyler Moore. South Caldwell High - Cody Penny; Jimmy Messer(1).
Win-Tyler Moore(2-1)  Loss-Jimmy Messer(2-1)  T-1:30  A-202
Game: WHS0317
 

 

Sorry to disagree, but I've watched alot of baseball and
Watauga had three hits-(Martin,Church, Hardee) not four
South Caldwell had zero hits not one.
The ground ball to Moore was a glove-side chest-high chopper that hit squarely in his glove. It was by no means too hot to handle.

 

Moore's glove hand is his left hand (throws right) so that's on the 1B side. Moore had to reach across his body with his left hand, the ball ticked off his glove and went to Hardee at SS. The ball was hit on the 3B side of the mound.

 

WHS had 4 hits. None of them were disputable. While I agree that the play was disputable, it would have been an tremendous play for Moore IMO, to come from the first base side of the mound (his follow through carrys him toword first) and make the play, the ball hit off the end of his glove. Thats why it went to short. If it hit him squarly in his glove, it would have come back in front of Tyler.

Thats why baseball scoring if objective. The South Caldwell scorer, myself and Coach Dunnigan (who keeps our book) agreed on the scratch hit.

BTW-Which Pioneer hit would you disagree with?
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I think Tyler's follow through on a breaking pitch puts his glove on the right side. It looks that way from the stands.

 

If you are calling Cal's first ab an undisputable hit, then I guess we have no
common ground for a discussion.

 

Its not that we cannot debate it. Its that I just never remembered it being something that was close to call. I don't even remember the specific hit. I just remember there wasen't a debate about it.
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rule on ball deflecting off pitcher's glove

There actually was a hit for S.C. Tyler Moore reached for a ball that was hit. By rule, this play cannot be ruled an error as it deflected off his glove and his deemed a hit.

I am neither a SC fan or Watuaga fan but went to the game as a baseball fan and a recruiter. The game lived up to the hype and both Moore and Messer pitched an outstanding game.

Bottom line is SC made a mistake and Watuaga took advantage of it. You have to get outs when they are given to you. But you also have to give Watuaga credit. They got a big hit when they needed too and SC did not. They had their chances too.

The rematch should be and outstanding one!!