By
John Harvey
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| Blake Otey improved to 3-0 on the season. |
JAMES
CITY – Another year, another chance to play for a District 3 championship for
Williamsburg Post 39.
The
Wildflowers secured their third straight tournament finals appearance Tuesday
night with a 13-3 victory over Poquoson Post 273 in a game held at Warhill High
School.
Mikey
Anerton went 3-for-4 and drove in a game-high five runs as Williamsburg (18-0) remained
unbeaten on the season. The West Point High product is one of four current
players to win a title with Post 39, joining Blake Wills, Tyler Klinedinst and
Thomas Richardson.
“It
feels great to play for a third consecutive title,” Anerton said. “We know how
tough it is to win a championship and we’re very excited.”
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| Mikey Anerton drove in five runs for Post 39. |
Poquoson
Post 273 opened the scoring in the first inning with some two-out lightning.
Trevor Kelly reached on a two-base error and scored on an RBI-single from P.J.
Jackson for a 1-0 lead.
Williamsburg
responded with a run in its first at bat. Klinedinst doubled with one out and
moved to third on an error. Anerton followed with a sacrifice fly to right
field to score Klinedinst and tie the game at 1-1.
Post
39 took their first lead with a four-run third inning. Anerton drove in two
runs with a double. Klinedinst and Jordan Hackney added run-scoring singles for
a 5-1 lead.
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| Williamsburg Post 39 is now 18-0 on the season. |
“We seem to get going after a team scores against us
which shows a lot for out character,” Anerton said. “We don't roll over if a
team gets ahead. We have a strong lineup and great depth on the bench and it
seems once we go through the order, we get a judge on the pitcher.”
Poquoson
got a run back in the fourth inning. Kelly walked and moved to second on a
passed ball. Jackson singled to center to cut the lead to 5-2. Post 39’s
defense stopped the rally there, as Kent Klyman turned a line drive at first
into a triple play to help starter Blake Otey get out of a bases loaded jam.
Williamsburg
scored three runs in the bottom of the inning to stretch the lead to 8-2. Matt
Smith and Austin Carter had RBI-doubles. McCray added a run-scoring single.
Poquoson
added a run in the fifth to trim the lead to 8-3, but the Wildflowers closed out
the win with a five-run seventh inning.
Klinedinst
went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and 2 RBI. Smith had three hits and scored
three runs. Carter finished with two hits, a pair of runs scored and 2 RBI.
Otey
allowed an earned run on three hits and struck out three in five innings to
earn his third win of the season. Brumfield struck out four in two scoreless
innings of relief.
Williamsburg
Post 39 will play the winner of Poquoson Post 273 and Gloucester Post 75 in
Wednesday’s elimination game.
Coach
Thomas Richardson said this group is special.
“We
have respect and a genuine family atmosphere,” he said. “We have two junior
teams that play hard and want to play up. I care about these guys all the time,
not just game night.”
“(Playing
for a title) means a ton,” Richardson added. We have worked hard for 13 years
at making sure that we do things the right way.”
Check out photo from this game here.
Check out photo from this game here.
Harvey
can be reached at HarveySports757@yahoo.com
or via Twitter at @HarveySports757,
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