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On Tuesday, April 23, North Fulton arrived at Southern Rebel Field for a conference doubleheader and went home with a split.
Southern came out strong in the first game scoring four in the first inning with Matt McIntire, Joshua Ragar, Christopher Wisslead, and Brandon Rothzen all crossing home plate.
Southern's offense then seemed as though it had gone into hibernation. North Fulton scored one in their half of the first for a score of 4-1.
North Fulton scored two more runs in the fourth inning on back-to-back home runs to make the score 4-3 in Southern's favor.
Christopher Wisslead was on the mound and did a great job pitching holding North Fulton's offense to the two home runs. Christopher pitched all five innings getting the complete game win.
Brandon Rothzen played some good defense in the outfield, making some nice running catches to help Christopher out.
Game Stats:
McIntire-1/3, Double, K
Ragar-1/2, Single, K
Wisslead-1/2, Double, K
Corzatt-1/2, Single, K
Rothzen-0/1, Walk, RBI
Keever-0/1, Walk
Wilson-0/2
Ford-0/2
Linder-0/2
Pitching: Christopher Wisslead-5 innings, 21 batters faced, 3 runs, 4 hits, 8 K, 1 BB
In the second game of the twin bill, nothing seemed to go right for the Rebels. Southern jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first inning when Matthew McIntire, Joshua Ragar, and Christopher Wisslead each scored.
North Fulton held Southern's offense in check in the second and third innings while they tacked on four in the second inning and six more in the third inning for a convincing 11-3 lead.
Southern attempted to rally in the fourth inning when Keever scored, and Ragar and Wisslead each scored in the fifth for the final score of 11-6.
Southern's pitching in the second game really struggled. McIntire started on the mound for the Rebels, giving up five runs in just two innings. Ragar came on in the third and surrendered six runs in the frame, then settled down for the remainder of the game.
Game Stats:
McIntire-0/1, 2 Walks
Ragar-2/3, Single, Double
Wisslead-2/3, 2 Singles, RBI
Corzatt-0/3
Rothzen-0/3
Keever-3/3, 2 Singles, Double, RBI
Wilson-0/1, Sacrifice, RBI
Bohnenkamp-0/0, Walk
Ford-0/2, K
Smith-0/1, K
Linder-0/1
Lenahan-1/2, Single, RBI
Pitching:
McIntire-2 innings, 16 batters faced, 5 runs, 4 hits, 4 BB
Ragar-3 innings, 21 batters faced, 6 runs, 5 hits, 4 K, 5 BB
On Thursday, April 25, Industry came to Southern to play when their field was not playable because of rain, which is an advantage of Southern's new surface which allowed the game to be played in Stronghurst.
Southern was designated the visitors for the game which allowed Industry to jump out in the lead when they scored in the bottom of the second. However, Southern stormed back in the top of the third scoring five runs highlighted by Joshua Ragar's third homerun of the season.
Matthew McIntire led off the inning with a single and then Ragar homered for a score of 2-1. Then Christopher Wisslead, Brandon Rothzen, Chris Wilson, and Mike Lenahan each scored for a 5-1 Southern lead.
Southern's pitching and defense held the Industry offense in check for the remainder of the game while adding seven more runs in the fourth when Matthew McIntire, Joshua Ragar, Christopher Wisslead, Brandon Rothzen, Chris Wilson, Mike Lenahan, and Bill Ford all crossed the plate for a 12-1 lead.
Southern then added one more in the top of the fifth when Bill Ford again crossed the plate for a final score of 13-1.
Game Stats:
McIntire—-3/4, 2 Singles, Double, 2 RBI
Ragar-2/3, Single, Sacrifice, HR, 5 RBI
Wisslead-1/2, Double, Walk, 2 RBI
Corzatt-0/2, Sacrifice, K, RBI
Rothzen-1/3, Single
Keever-1/3, Single, RBI
Wilson-1/3, Single
Lenahan-0/3, 2 K
Ford-1/2, Single, Walk, RBI
Pitching:
Wisslead-5 innings, 20 batters faced, 1 run, 2 hits, 9 K, 1 BB-Record 7-4
In the second game of the doubleheader, Chris Wilson got his first varsity start and victory on the same day.
Chris pitched a solid game and Southern's defense backed him up well. However, Southern's offense struggled again scoring only two times with Matthew McIntire doing all of the Rebel scoring.
Matt scored in the top of the first on an Industry error, and then stroked his second home run of the season in the top of the fifth.
Again the Rebel's defense did a good job of keeping the Industry offense off the board for a 2-0 victory.
Game Stats:
McIntire-3/3, 2 Singles, HR, RBI
Ragar-0/3, K
Wisslead-2/3, Single, Double, K
Corzatt-0/1, Sacrifice, HBP
Rothzen-0/2, HBP, K
Keever-0/2
Wilson-0/2
Lenahan-0/2, 2 K
Bohnenkamp-1/2, Single, K
Pitching:
Chris Wilson-5 innings, 18 batters faced, 2 hits, 5 K, 0 BB