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A ,i>iy Patter ior me year, Smoot gave the Panthers a 4-0 lead in the third with his sixth home run of the season. He drove home Barry and Kevin Adkins who reached base on walks, giving himself four runs-batted-in for the game.
“It was an outside pitch, but he was still able to power it out,” said Douglas. “When he hit it, you knew it was gone. The only question was where it wogld come down.”
While Smoot’s performance was his best overall individual effort of the season, it did not, by itself, win the game. The Panther’s defensive play was practically flawless. For the second time this season, they did not commit an error. The only close call came in the sixth.
A grounder was hit past the Panther first baseman with Warsaw men on first and second with two outs. But backing up the play was shortstop Mike Tupper who speared the ball and outraced the runner to third to end the inning.
The play drew applause from Coach Douglas who described it as “one of the most heads-up plays of the season for us. It was the type of thing that has put us in the finals.”
Douglas said that Smoot would be ready for relief work if he was needed in the title game since he threw only 92 pitches against Warsaw, his lowest total for a full game all season. The title game will be played Friday in Luray at
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