NC State Playoff Notebook: Round 1
May 10, 2017
By PBR Staff
PBR of North Carolina
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The first round of the North Carolina State Playoffs are under way with the NCHSAA and the NCISAA each playing games on Tuesday. First round games will continue on Wednesday May 10th. Prep Baseball Report’s staff is out, watching games, teams and players.
Wednesday May 10th
Providence Over High Point Central
Providence hosts High Point Central in Round 1 of the NCHSAA 4A Playoffs. The Panthers fall behind in the first, but quickly tied the game up in the second on a HR from 2017 Cameron Bare (Gardner Webb), then extend the lead tacking on 6 more runs.
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Win: Tim Townsend (8-2) 7IP, 8H, 2R, 1ER, 3K, 1BB
Loss: Drake Quinn 4IP, 6H, 6R, 1K, 2BB
Keys to Game:
Providence
+ 2018 3B Jake Benoit doubled and drove in a run to break the game open for the Providence offense in the third.
+ 2019 Michael Danskey 2-4 with an RBI and RS
+ 2019 Ray Torres 2-3
+ 2017 Satchel Jerzembeck (UNC) 1-1 driving in two led the Panther offense.
High Point Central
+ Bison SS DeAngelo Giles 2-4 scored both HPC runs.
+ CF Franklin Martin doubled and drove in a Run.
Tuesday May 9th
Alexander Central Escapes Richmond County
As with most state playoff games, both teams entered very confident in the arm they sent to the mound. Alexander Central went with 2017 RHP Zach Brzykcy, while Richmond countered with 2018 LHP Jonathan Lee.
Both arms worked out of jams early in the game with Brzykcy striking out the side after issuing a walk and hit-by-pitch in the first. Lee worked out of a bases loaded 1 out situation, only giving up one in the 2nd inning.
The big blow on the night came off senior Derek Dyson’s bat in the 5th as he launched a home run to left, giving Alexander Central a little cushion heading into the final innings.
After a brief weather delay, Richmond loaded the bases in the sixth, getting to the bullpen of AC. Junior RHP Dustin Cook was able to put the fire out, inducing soft contact a good 2-seam fastball to keep AC in the lead. Cook’s seventh inning was clean as Alexander Central advances to the next round.
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Win: Zach Brzykcy 5.1IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 11K, 2BB
Loss: Jonathan Lee 6IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 6K, 1BB
Save: Justin Cook 1.2IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 2K, 0BB
Keys to the Game:
Alexander Central
+ Zach Brzykcy was electric utilizing a fastball, curveball combination. At times erratic and rolling deeper into counts than necessary, he hit his pitch count at 105, having thrown 66 strikes
+ Grayson Chapman (2017, OF, UNC Greensboro commit)– 2-3 with a run scored
+ Derek Dyson – 1-1 with a Home run and a walk
+ Defensively, AC played flawlessly throughout the night, making Richmond earn everything wanted
Richmond County
+ Jonathan Lee ranged 79-81, touching 83. Used a FB/CB combination with some crossfire in his delivery to keep hitters off balance. Threw 89 pitches, 66% of which were strikes
+ Defensively the Raiders played very well making every routine play and a few outstanding plays to start innings off and keep AC off the bases
Millers 8th Inning Blast lifts Mooresville over West Forsyth
Both Mooresville and West Forsyth entered Tuesday’s match-up eyeing a low scoring affair as they ran their aces to the mound. Gianni Smith has had an incredible year, leading West to a regular season co-champion, while Justin Jarvis is one of the elite 2018 arms in North Carolina. However, the offenses of each team had their say and both teams where in their bullpens by the fourth.
In the top of the 8th, Mark Miller (2017, OF, Millersville University commit) launched a ball to left, giving Mooresville a lead they would not relinquish.
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Win: Drew Miller
Loss: Connor Monroe
Keys to the Game:
Mooresville
+ Mark Miller’s 2nd HR of the season in the 8th provided the winning run
+ Drew Miller (2017, LHP) entered in the 4th, only allowing one run as he completed the game for the win
+ Mooresville pushed four runs across in the 3rd, only to see West fire right back and tie the game with a 2 run bottom of their own
+ After giving up the tying run in the 6th, Justin Jarvis through out the would be go ahead run at the plate from right field
Fuquay Advances of DH Conley
Leaning on veteran leadership, the Bengals of Fuquay-Varina advance to the 2nd round where they will face Jordan (Durham) HS. Kyle Jackson (2017, RHP, Brunswick CC commit) lead the way in the box and on the mound. The senior showed up in a big way, attacking hitters and allowing his defense to make plays. Conley’s senior RHP, Noah Jones worked to match Jackson but Fuquay rolled two runs across in the third, giving Jackson all the support he would need.
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Win: Kyle Jackson 6.1IP, 6H, 0R, 0K, 4BB
Loss: Noah Jones 6IP, 7H, 3R, 6K, 3BB
Save: Brycen Braswell 0.2IP, 0H, 0R, 0K, 0BB
Keys to the Game:
Fuquay-Varina
+ 2017 Kyle Jackson went 2-2 with an RBI to help his own cause
+ 2017 Ryan Rizk (SS, Charleston Southern commit) was 1-3 with a RBI
+ Brycen Braswell (2017, UNC Wilmington commit) was 1-3 with a double
+ Kevin Catrine (2017) went 1-3 with a stolen base
+ Andrew Alexander (2017) had a double in 3 at-bats
+ Garrett McCraw (2019) had a double in 2 at-bats
DH Conley
+ Brock Cross (2018) – 2-3 with 2 singles
+ Noah Jones (2017, ECU commit) – Sat 84-86 in the first, settling in at 81-84. Leaned on his slider at 71-74 with short darting action.