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  Edgefield Xtreme Minors Defeat Gilbert 8-5 By John Brown web posted October 13, 2012 EDGEFIELD – Behind the strong pitching of Tracen Maroney, the Edgefield Xtreme Minors notched a big win Thursday night in Batesburg. Head Coach, Jason Mims would start Maroney on the hill and get two solid innings of work from the young right-hander. On the night, Maroney would face 8 batters, striking out 6 while allowing only one hit and one base on balls. Gilbert would take an early 1-0 lead when Maroney would walk Gilbert's lead off hitter who would later score on the teams only base hit of the night. In the bottom half of the first inning, Edgefield would get things going when leadoff hitter, Brandon Feagin would draw a walk, followed by Jacob Mims being hit by a pitch. With Edgefield runners on second and third, Tracen Maroney would step to the plate and drive a first pitch offering deep into centerfield. Both Feagin and Mims would score, as well as Maroney who would register an inside the park home run. In the Edgefield second inning, Feagin would single, Maroney would reach on an error, Hunter Temples would draw a base on balls and Chase Sturkie would step to the plate and single, scoring two runs. Before the inning was over Temples would also cross the plate giving Edgefield a 6-1 lead. In the third inning, Jacob Mims would come on in relief of Maroney and run into trouble. Gilbert would send 9 batters to the plate during their half of the inning, scoring 4 runs to make the score Edgefield 6, Gilbert 5. Mims would eventually strike out two and make a great play at home plate with catcher, Hunter Temples to tag a Gilbert base runner out while attempting to steal home. Needing insurance runs Edgefield would get them from Charlie Amos and Campbell Brown. Amos would draw a walk and eventually steal home. Brown would do the same and cross the plate on a delayed steal from third base. Edgefield was led on offense by Tracen Maroney and Chase Sturkie. Feagin, Mims, Maroney, Temples, Amos and Brown would all score runs for the winners. Head Coach, Jason Mims spoke about how proud he is of his young team following the win. "This the first year a lot of these kids have played real baseball and I would just like to say how much I appreciate the players and their parents. It looks like we're peaking at just the right time, before we head into the season ending tournament in November." © Copyright 2012 All material is property of
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