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by Ken Schrad
03/20/2007
COLLEY FIELD – Two home runs by freshmen and nifty pitching by a
junior carried Henrico (2-2) to a 13-1 victory over cross street rival
John Marshall (0-3) on Tuesday.
Michael Mansfield and Landon Prentiss wowed the crowd in the third
inning with their blasts – a solo shot over the left center 355-foot
sign by Mansfield and a two-run line drive over the right center
330-sign by Prentiss. Each ball landed in the yard of a Colley Field
neighbor.
Brandon Gunnell pitched four innings of no hit baseball using a
sneaky fastball and effectively locating his off-speed pitches. He
walked no one and struck out five. Junior Alvin Hence finished the game
giving up two bloop hits, a run, and striking out two.
“A win is always nice,” said head coach Ken Schrad. “Everyone
performed at the level of expectation we have for this team,” he
added. “I was especially pleased for Brandon. He has worked hard on
his pitching and it showed tonight.”
On offense, coach was pleased with the patience of his Henrico
batters. “We stressed over and over that they had to trust the
quickness of their hands, stay back on pitches, and then rip line
drives. A lot of our hitters did that, especially Mike and Landon.
Their dingers got out of Colley Field fast.”
Henrico had lots of runners on base. Ten times with safeties
including an RBI triple in the first inning by JC Poma. Patrick Hughes
hit a two RBI double in the third inning. Five times, “Warriors” were
plunked by John Marshall pitchers. They only walked one.
The “Justices” scored in the top of the fifth when Thomas Cottrell
singled to right field. He stole second base, advance to third on a
passed ball, and then scored on Erik Watkins bloop fly ball to shallow
left field.
Things get tougher on Thursday as Henrico hosts Tucker High School.
The JV team won its second game in a row, another blow out victory.
The junior “Warriors” put up more than ten runs in each contest to beat
Hopewell’s JV Monday night and John Marshall’s JV on Tuesday night.
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