B4 The Knoxville Journal Tuesday, May 18, 1982
Farrragut starts fast, hangs on for win
MORRISTOWN - Knox Farragut erupted for a fast 7-0 advantage, then squelched a late Morristown East comeback to best the Hurricanes 8-6 in the TSSAA Class AAA state quarterfinals at Sherwood Park Monday night.
Trailing 8-4, the Hurricanes’ Kevin Emert and Tony Hayes worked Farragut reliever Mike Jordan for walks to lead off the seventh. David Bewley’s single pushed across Emert and Hayes came around on a single by Charles Cole before Jordan got Jamie Elliott to bounce into a game-ending double-play, stranding the potential tying runs on the corners.
Farragut hosts Chattanooga Baylor in Thursday’s semi-final pairing at Tennessee’s Lower Hudson Field. Baylor thrashed Columbia 18-2 to advance,
The Admirals made most of their noise early. In the Farragut second, a walk to Bobby Gaylor, a run-producing infield hit by Craig Schnupp and Bill Clements’ two-run blast staked winning pitcher Jeff Glover to a fast 3-0 lead.
In the third, the Admirals padded the cushion to a seemingly comfortable 7-0 margin, scoring four times on only two hits. Pat Dorwin reached on an error, David Mowery walked and Gaylor was walked intentionally walked following a sacrifice. Dorwin dashed home on Emert’s wild pitch, Greg Schwartz squeezed across Mowery with a single, Schnupp lofted a sacrifice fly and Clements capped the outburst with his second hit.
Jordan replaced Glover in the sixth after the Admiral ace had breezed through the early going. Glover, a 13-1 junior, no-hit the Hurricanes through the first four innings.
Elliott snapped the drought with a single to open the fifth. Glover lost his shutout bid when Brian Keller followed with a single and Robbie Wampler’s sacrifice fly plated Elliott. Emert walked in front of Tony Hayes who unloaded a bases-clearing triple to pull East within 7-3.
Singling in the seventh, Schwartz knocked in Gaylor with an insurance marker to make it 8-6.
Emert was tagged with the loss as East winds up 26-10.
FARRAGUT........................................034 000 1—8 9 0
MORRISTOWN EAST.......................000 031 2—6 7 1
Glover, Jordan (6) and Huffaker; Emert, Martin (3), Price (7) and Bewley
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