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| Zach Russell-Myers gets praise between innings. - Photo by James Barringer |
Heath Boyd and Chris Kinard wasted no time showing how serious they were about making an electrifying return. Boyd singled in the first inning before Kinard followed immediately with a ringing double off the top of the wall in right-center. It was quickly 1-0.
Boyd (3 for 5), Kinard (4 for 5) and Zach Howard (3 for 4, four RBIs, two homers) powered Mocksville past an opponent that was 8-1 in the division and tied for first with Rowan County.
“I figured they’d be real tired,” coach Mike Lovelace said after Mocksville improved to 11-7 overall and 6-4 in the division. “They didn’t show up to the park until 4:30, and they came straight from the beach. Kinard came in last night, so he got a rest here. He said he got more sleep last night - he slept 13 hours - than he did the whole week at the beach. They had 10 of the 17 hits.”
Howard led off the fourth with a solo homer that gave Mocksville a 2-1 lead. He went deep a second time to give him six team-high homers. Kinard is second ... subscribe to the Davie County Enteprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.