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| Jacob Vernon tags the runner to complete a double play after taking a throw from center fielder Alex Newman. |
But a week from now nobody will remember that Davie went 3 for 18 at the plate. All that matters is Davie is 2-0 in the Central Piedmont Conference.
“I was real proud of our kids for battling, for gutting it out,” coach Mike Herndon said after Davie improved to 6-2 overall. “We didn’t play our best game offensively by no stretch of the imagination. This is a game we got away with. We were very fortunate. But we kept battling and found ways to scratch runs out.”
Davie pitcher Shelton Howard got the win instead of North’s Jordan Ramsey, who was coming off a stellar outing against East Rowan. Davie’s average dropped from .346 to .331, but this sure beat the feeling of losing 14-10 at Orange when Davie rang up 12 hits.
Counting a 4-0 nonconference loss at Butler, the War Eagles are 4 for 38 (.105) in two games. But they were incredibly efficient while drawing seven walks, getting two hit batsmen and stealing four bases.
Not only did Davie finish with three hits, all three were infield safeties. In the bottom of the first, when Davie clawed to a 1-1 tie, Tyler Seaford was beaned and stole second. He scored when Jacob Vernon singled to short. The shortstop dove and got the ball, but he had no chance at first.
The third epitomized Davie’s opportunistic ways. Four straight walks cut North’s lead to 3-2. Davie tied it on Vernon’s fielder’s choice, and Davie took the lead on Jess Carter’s ground out.
Davie extended the lead in the fourth. Joe Watson walked and moved up on a wild pitch. With two outs, Ryan Foster hit a grounder to first. The pitcher was tardy covering the bag, and it went down as an RBI single.
The War Eagles earned some breathing room in the fifth. Seaford was plunked again and Vernon walked. With runners at second and third ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.