MHS Blue Devils End Baseball Season

By JOHN KUYKENDALL
The Manchester High Blue Devil baseball team suffered losses to Bowdon and Mt. Zion last week to end regular season play with an overall record of 1-18-1 and a region record of 0-9.
Bowdon 16 – Manchester 1
On Tuesday, Apr. 15, the Blue Devils traveled to Bowdon to play the Red Devils and were upended by a score of 16-1.
The Red Devils took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning but the Blue Devils battled back to tie the score in the top of the second.
After that it was all Red Devils with Bowdon scoring eight runs in the bottom of the second, two runs in the bottom of the third and five runs in the bottom of the fourth to win by the score of 16-1.
Sophomore Jarrell Garrett pitched three and two-third innings for the Blue Devils and allowed 16 runs (15 earned) off 12 hits, issued four walks, recorded two strikeouts and face 34 batters.
Sophomore Gavin Garrett was 1 for 2 at the plate for Manchester with a double; sophomore Jayden Hodo was 1 for 3 with a double and a RBI; junior Logan Maddox was 1 for 1 with a run scored; freshman Brady Daniel was 1 for 2 with a double and Jarrell Garrett was 1 for 1.
1 2 3 4 R H E
MHS 0 1 0 0 1 5 3
BHS 1 8 2 5 16 12 0
Mt. Zion 16 – Manchester 6
The Blue Devils ended regular season play on Thursday, Apr. 17 on the road against the Mt. Zion Eagles and were defeated by a score of 16-6.
The Blue Devils took an early 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
The Eagles battled back to take a lead by a score of 11-4 by scoring a run in the bottom second, four runs in the fifth and six runs in the fourth.
The Blue Devils pushed a runner across the plate in the top of the fifth to cut the Eagle lead to 11-5 but the Eagles battled back in the bottom of the inning to score two runs and increase the lead to 14-5.
The Blue Devils scored a run in the top of the six but the Eagles scored three runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 16-6 victory.
Gavin Garrett pitched three and two-third innings for Manchester and allowed 11 runs (10 earned) off nine hits, issued two walks, recorded two strikeouts faced 29 batters and picked up an RBI at the plate; junior Patrick Helms pitched one-third of an inning and allowed three runs (two earned), did not give up a hit, issued three walks, face four batters and had two RBIs; Jarrell Garrett pitched one and one-third innings and allowed two runs (one earned) off one hit, issued one walk, recorded one strikeouts, face seven hitters and was 1 for 4 with a runs scored.
Hodo was 1 for 3 at the plate for the Blue Devils, with two runs scored and a stolen base; sophomore Landon Kee was 1 for 2 with a double, two runs scored and a RBI; freshman Brady Daniel was 2 for 4 with a runs scored and a RBI; Helms had two RBIs; sophomore Qua Buckley was 1 for 3 and Jarrell Garrett was 1 for 4 with a runs scored.
1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
MHS 4 0 0 0 1 1 6 6 9
MZHS 0 1 4 6 2 3 16 10 3
Looking To the Future
The future is bright for the Blue Devil baseball team because the team is young this season.
The Blue Devils will only have four players to graduate this season. Senior players that will graduate include: Kaleb Gay, Christian Whitaker, Brandon Dunlap and Mandravious Parham.
Junior players expected to return next season and provided leadership for the team includes: Logan Maddox and Patrick Helms.
Sophomore players expected to return next season include: Gavin Garrett, Jayden Hodo, Landon Kee, Qua Bunkley, Jackson Howard and Jarrell Garrett.
Brady Daniel is the only freshman player on the squad this season.