HAMPTON - The Apprentice School baseball team took three of four this weekend from Saint Vincent, splitting a Friday twinbill before winning both halves of Saturday's doubleheader.
The Builders won the first game of the series Friday afternoon by a 4-2 final score. After the Bearcats jumped out in front in the top of the first,
Justin Bradshaw tied the game up with a RBI single before Apprentice took the lead in the fourth on a
Jaeden Anderson RBI single.
Jackson Thomas brought home the final two runs for the Builders in the fifth on a single as well.
Nick Redman (5-0) got the win, striking out seven over six innings, while
Grant Stratton shut the door in the seventh to earn his third save.
SVC got their revenge in the second half of Friday's twinbill, winning 6-5, despite a late comeback attempt from Apprentice. The Bearcats scored four in the third to take the lead, but the Builders got one back in the fourth on a
Jett Winslow RBI single. After single runs in the fifth and sixth stretched the lead to 6-1, Apprentice took advantage of walks and errors by SVC to score four runs. The Bearcats went to their closer, though, who struck out the final two batters of the game to get the win.
The Builders bounced back on Saturday with a sweep of SVC to earn the series win. The day started with a 5-0 win that saw all five runs come across in the first two innings. All three runs scored in the first inning came via bases loaded walks, while
Isaac McCallister got a RBI single, followed by a
Landon Turner sacrifice fly in the second to score the runs.
Charley Higginbotham (3-1) was near perfect on the bump, going the complete seven, allowing just four hits and a walk while fanning three.
The series win came in a 10-5 win in the nightcap. SVC scored two in the top of the first, but the Builders answered immediately with a
Seth Harrison sacrifice fly followed by a Winslow two RBI single to take the lead. After the Bearcats tied it in the top of the second,
Nate Yeary and Anderson had back-to-back sacrifice flies to retake the lead at 5-3. Four more Builder runs came across in the third, three of which were on bases loaded walks, before
Drew Barbosa pushed the final Builder run across on a RBI groundout.
The Builders will now head to Myrtle Beach this week for a five-game week against Cincinnati-Clermont, Colby-Sawyer and NHTI.