by Chris Naquin
DigitalSports Richmond
Colonial Heights beat Meadowbrook 12-5 on Thursday afternoon in the L.C. Bird Tournament.
The Colonials wasted no time getting on the scoreboard as they found themselves up 9-3 after just three innings.
CH catcher J.D. McCarty started the scoring off by hitting a triple over Meadowbrook center fielder Trey Turner‘s head, bringing in sophomore center fielder Hunter Haydon to go up 1-0 on the Monarchs.
Jordan Reeves also hit an RBI in the first inning to put the Colonials ahead 2-0.
In the second inning, Haydon knocked in two more runs for the Colonials by hitting a ball pass Meadowbrook shortstop Tony Domowicz to go up 4-2.
Colonial Heights would go on to score four more runs in the inning including an RBI single hit by right fielder Daniel Falls and an RBI triple by first baseman Brett Draper.
After just two complete innings the Colonials were ahead of the Monarchs 8-0.
Meadowbrook started to swing the bat in the third as it knocked in three runs of its own.
Tevin Evans hit an RBI single to put the Monarchs on the scoreboard, and Robert Pettis would also bring in another run by hitting a double into right field.
Pettis would eventually make it home to put the score at 8-3 in favor of the Colonials.
Colonial Heights struggled to finish off Meadowbrook late in the game as they only scored a single run in both the third and fourth innings putting them ahead 10-3.
Meadowbrook’s best chance to rally was in the sixth inning, when third baseman Dean Rogers hit a home run adding two more to the Monarchs score.
The Monarchs were unable to score again in the game as they were shut down by Colonial Heights pitcher Burke Steele.
Steele pitched a complete game for the Colonials.
Meadowbrook 003 002 0 – 5 5 7
Colonial Heights 261 120 X – 12 7 2
Blakley, Rooney (3), Domowicz (6) and Bone; Steele and McCarty.
Records: Meadowbrook (0-5); Colonial Heights (4-2)
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