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had them popping up. The first two batters flew out. Then came the exception. Slawson, who was 3 for 4 on the day, smashed a triple that would have rolled across Route 211 had there not been a fence. The ball looked like it was going to Flint Hill. That was the only excitement for the inning. Neither team scored.
By the middle of the third inning, two things became obvious: 1) the cougars’ bats had cooled, and 2) Greg Smith was pitching an admirable game. For the second straight inning, half of the Cougar batters popped up.
The score was still 3 -1 in favor of Manassas when the Pr chers stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the third inning. A film of what followed should be sent to the baseball hall of fame. A dream came true as Rappahannock rocked the Cougar pitcher for four hits and four runs. That’s right, the Panthers scored four runs in one inning off the best team in the league.
Reggie Williams sparked the hitting spree with a single up the middle. Porter followed with a sharp grounder between third and short, advancing Williams to second. With two runners on base, Rob Brown hit a shot that sailed over the left fielder’s head. The crowd went wild, thinking that the ball cleared even the fence. Brown was convinced it had. He trotted around the bases as though he had indeed slugged a homer.
But the umpire was not convinced.
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