Salamanders battling to earn bid into the postseason in Area IV
HobbsDailyReport.com
MAIDEN – Reliever Elijah Carr pitched two shutout innings as Maiden Post 240 ran its win streak to two games on Wednesday night by edging visiting Lincoln County 3-2 in American Legion baseball.
Carr came on to scatter two hits, walk none and strike out three as the Salamanders (2-15, 2-12) won an Area IV East Division game.
Jacob Cauble was Maiden’s winning pitcher, going five innings. He gave us six hits, two runs, walked none and struck out two.
Maiden had seven hits and made no errors while Lincoln County had eight hits and made one error.
Both teams left six runners on base.
Cauble’s sacrifice fly scoring Ivan Huffman in the third inning put the Salamanders up 3-2.
Karson Williams took the loss for Lincoln County. He gave five hits and three runs, walked two and struck out three over three innings.
Jay Sipe had two hits for Maiden and Mac Beam provided a single and RBI.
For Lincoln County, Matt Jorgenson and Nathan Callahan each had two hits.
Maiden, which forfeited five wins, closes the regular season with a game against Pineville on Friday at 7 p.m. at Ardrey Kell High and a game on Saturday at 7 p.m. against Union County at Wingate.
The Area IV East standings through Tuesday’s games were: 1. Mint Hill 11-2; 2. Gaston Braves 10-3; 3. Gastonia 8-5, Lincoln County 8-5; 5. Union County 6-5; 6. Pineville 5-6; 7. Huntersville 4-8; 8. Cleveland County 2-9; 9. Maiden 1-12.
Maiden needs to finish eighth or better to get into the playoffs. If the Salamanders grabbed No. 8 in the East, they would face No. 1 West (currently Cherryville) in the first round. At No. 7, they would likely face the current No. 2 in the West (Asheville).
The pairings for the playoffs, scheduled to begin Tuesday, will be determined at an Area IV meeting on Monday in Cherryville.
MAIDEN POST 240 SALAMANDERS SCHEDULE
(2-15 overall, 2-12 Area IV East)
May
17—Burke County at Bandys HS, Won 6-5 (FORFEIT)
19—Legion Kickoff at Mount Pleasant High, Lost 1-3, Lost 3-8
25—Huntersville at Bandys High, Won 2-0 (FORFEIT)
26—at Gaston Braves (E. Gaston High), Won 7-3 (FORFEIT)
28—Gaston Braves at Maiden High, Won 10-4 (FORFEIT)
29—Union County at Maiden High, ppd., June 9
31—at Gastonia (Sims Park), Lost 6-11
June
1—Mint Hill at Maiden High, Lost 2-11
2—at Shelby (Shelby High), Won 7-0 (FOR FORFEIT)
5—at Lincoln County (E. Lincoln High), Lost 3-6
7—at Union County (Wingate), ppd., June 9 as part of DH at Maiden
8—Hickory at Maiden High, ppd., no date
9–Union County at Maiden High, DH, ppd., June 23
10—at Hickory (Legion Fairgrounds), cancelled
11—Pineville at Bandys High, Lost 2-7
12—at Huntersville (N. Mecklenburg High), ppd, Thursday, 7 P.M.
13–at Huntersville (N. Mecklenburg High), Lost 1-6
21—Gastonia at Maiden High, Lost 2-11
22—at Mint Hill (Independence High), Lost 5-6
23–at Hickory (Legion Fairgrounds), cancelled; Union County at Maiden High, Lost 1-7
25—Cleveland County at Maiden High, Won 9-4
26—Lincoln County at Maiden High, Won 3-2
28—at Pineville (Ardrey Kell High), 7 p.m.
29–at Union County (Wingate University), 7 p.m.
Playoffs
July 2-22, first round starts on Tuesday, July 2; state tournament on July 26-30 at Cherryville; Southeast Regional on Aug. 7-11 at Asheboro; World Series on Aug. 15-20 at Shelby.
Head coach: Justin Hawkins; associate head coach: Dustin Hull; athletic director: David Williams Sr.
Team sponsor: Carolina Glove and Safety Company
2019 SALAMANDERS ROSTER (updated)
No. Player Grade Pos. School
1 Spencer Floyd 10 INF-RHP Maiden
3 Jacob Cauble 10 INF-RHP Maiden
4 Jay Sipe (Fr.) College INF Western Carolina
5 Mark Lyda 10 C Bandys
6 Austin Hoyle 10 C-P Maiden
7 Ryan Lyda 12 OF-LHP Bandys
9 Cy Spencer 12 INF-OF-RHP Bandys
10 Dalton James 10 LHP-OF-INF Maiden
11 Landon Leonard 11 LHP-OF Bandys
12 Bain Sipe 11 OF-C-RHP Maiden
20 Spencer Ledford 11 INF-RHP Bandys
21 Ivan Huffman 12 OF Bandys
23 Josh Frye Fr. (College) OF-RHP Piedmont CC
24 Jacob Ellis 12 C Bandys
26 Elijah Carr Fr. (College) RHP CVCC
31 Mac Beam Fr. (College) OF-INF-RHP CVCC
32 Salvatore Ferraro 11 1B-OF Bandys
34 Peyton Laney 11 1B-RHP Bandys
40 T.J. Rasar Fr. (College) 1B-RHP Bruwnswick Community
— Reported by Benny Lytton, Post 240