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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
(Last modified: 2008-05-13 22:41:19) The Redskins scored the necessary two runs to end the
game under the mercy rule on Dain McNabb’s two-run home run with two outs in the top of the sixth. This was the second big win over the Chiefs by the Redskins in less then a week. Loudon posted a 14-4 victory in a game last Wednesday. The highlight of that game for Sequoyah was a three-run home run by freshman DeAndre Allen. It was the final regular season game for the Chiefs who honored seniors Brandon Webb, Adam Bushey and Robby Leslie in pre-game ceremonies. Sequoyah will begin play in the District 5-AA tournament Thursday afternoon in Benton on Polk County’s home field versus Tyner Academy of Chattanooga. Loudon pitcher Joey Shultz held the Chiefs to only four base hits, all singles. Leslie, Elisha Moser, Randall Coley and DeAndre Allen each hit safely for Sequoyah. Moser and Webb scored for the home team. Sequoyah head coach Adam Kefauver divided the pitching duties among three Chiefs. Webb threw the first two innings and kept Loudon hitless and scoreless with the help of some sterling play by the Chiefs’ defense. After mowing down the Redskins in order in the first, Webb walked McNabb and Jordan Purdy to open the second stanza. Blake Cosner then grounded to short where Allen tagged second then threw to first where a big-league stretch by Leslie completed the double play. Blake McNew was then hit by a Webb pitch but wandered too far off first and was picked off with a 1-3-6-1, Webb to Leslie to Allen to Webb, pick off to end the inning. Bushey threw the third inning for Sequoyah but saw the Redskin bats come alive to push six runs across the plate on four hits. Moser followed and threw one frame for the home team and allowed three runs on three hits. Gary Cagle hurled the final frame for the Chiefs and allowed two runs on two hits. McNew led Loudon at the bat with a triple and a single. McNabb had the home run, Shultz had two singles, Matthew Wallace had two doubles, Ben Curtis had a double and a single and Tyler Campbell singled. Shultz opened the Loudon third with a single, Anthony Powell walked and Curtis laid a perfect bunt down the third base line for a single to fill the bags with Redskins. Campbell drew an RBI walk before Wallace launched a three run double. Devon Grissom took a base on balls then he and Wallace scored ahead of Shultz second hit of the inning and Loudon led 6-0. The Redskins continued to swing hot bats in the fourth when they added four runs to swell their advantage to 10- 0. Sequoyah got on the scoreboard in the home half of the fourth. Moser led off with a single and stole second base. Webb walked and both runners moved up on a passed ball Moser then scored off Brett Hawkins RBI grounder and Webb raced home when Cole singled later in the inning. Shultz was dominate through the remainder of the contest as he struck out five of the last seven batters Sequoyah sent to the plate. Campbell singled for Loudon with one out in the fifth and stole second then was tagged out by Coley at third when he tried to steal that base. Coley made a great stop of a chopper by Wallace but the runner beat the throw and was safe. That got McNabb to the plate where he launched a towering home run to provide Loudon with the runs needed to end the contest. Allen singled for Sequoyah in the fifth but was stranded. Copyright © 2008, The Advocate and Democrat |