Rocky Mt. rallies by Post 102
Published 2:15 pm Monday, June 4, 2012
ROCKY MOUNT – Rocky Mount Post 58 scored seven runs in the bottom of the seventh.
That outburst let Post 58 roar back to beat Ahoskie Post 102 by a final count of 7-3 in a Senior American Legion game Thursday night.
Ahoskie had opened the scoring by plating a trio in the top of the fourth frame.
With one out, Clay Robbins singled. He scored when Billy Nixon doubled to left-center to give Ahoskie a 1-0 advantage.
Nixon then scored when Adison Eure reached on a three-base error. Eure scored on a Brock Merritt RBI-single to give Ahoskie the 3-0 advantage.
Rocky Mount then scored seven in the bottom of the seventh to go on to the 7-3 win.
Nixon pitched six and two-thirds of an inning for Ahoskie. He allowed three runs. Tyler Burden, Marvin Harrell and Will Glover also pitched for Post 102.
Ahoskie managed six hits in the contest and were led by Robbins with two.
“We played well,” Post 102 skipper Dave Ellis said. “We lost to a good team. We just couldn’t get the last out in the seventh inning when we were ahead 3-1.