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| Teammates revel in Matt Dyson’s walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to beat Mt. Tabor 7-6. - Photo by James Barringer |
Davie’s JV baseball team overcame an early 2-0 deficit and then charged from behind in the ninth in a game that typified its astonishing 15-2 record. The War Eagles, 8-1 in the Central Piedmont Conference, have won the past three by one, two and one run and they improved to 3-0 in one-run games.
The latest excitement in a storybook season was a 7-6 home win over Mount Tabor in extra innings. Davie had blown a 5-2 lead in the sixth, but it rebounded to defeat Tabor for the fourth time this season. The other three scores: 6-5, 10-8 and 11-3.
“We were cruising along up 5-2,” coach Danny Allard said. “Corey left a ball up and a guy hit a three-run home run to tie it up. But you have to give the guys a lot of credit. They didn’t quit. They kept battling and they had a good approach all the way through extra innings.”
Shane Carter’s pitching, Randall’s machine-like hitting and Dyson’s timely offense has been close to an unbeatable combination for Davie, and all three did heroic things in this one.
Carter relieved Randall in the sixth and responded with one run allowed in 3 1/3 innings, good for his fifth win in as many decisions. He navigated around six hits, thanks in part to the defense of third baseman Randall, shortstop Javan Phillips and second baseman Wil Cope.
“Javan has been so solid at short,” Allard said. “When Shane goes to the mound, Wil takes over at second, and Wil is just a vacuum cleaner. He’s made every play that you could ask him to this year.”
Randall’s torrid offense continued. The cleanup man doubled, homered for the fifth time and pushed his hitting streak to nine.
“It’s gotten to the point where you’re expecting him to get a hit every time,” Allard said. “With the run he’s on, if he makes an out everybody in the stands and everybody on the team is surprised. He’s been on a roll ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.