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Following a victory against Page County last Thursday, beating the home favorites by a score of 8-6, the Panthers returned to RCHS to a disappointing defeat at the hands of Clarke County on Tuesday.
Coach Gary Leake said that he was especially impressed with the effort given by the Panthers last week, because Page County went into the game undefeated for the year. “I told them it would take extra effort to defeat them — especially on their home field. They took the game to Page, set the tempo, made them play catchup. It was the biggest win of the season.”
Matthew Settle was credited with the win, bringing his record to 2-0 on the season. Doug Smith came on in relief and saved the win for the Panthers. Smith, who is 1-3 for the year, has pitched better than his record indicates, Coach Leake said. Besides his mound prowess, Smith led off the Panther offense against Page with a three-run homer in the first. “It was gone right away,” Coach Leake commented.
Rappahannock added another run in the top of the third, and Page answered with one in the home half of the third. The home team rallied to take the lead with a five-run barrage in the bottom of the fourth, to go out in front by two.
The Panthers jumped right back with three runs in the top of the fifth, highlighted by a bases-loaded double by Thomas Jones which cleared the bases and put Rappahannock back in the lead to stay.
Page was unable to score again, while the Panthers added an insurance run in the top of the seventh.
Rappahannock outhit Page, 9-5. "The offense played well; they were aggressive — even intimidating — at the plate. We got men on base, and then we brought them home.”
In contrast, Rappahannock’s first game at home in several weeks was a disappointment for the Panthers, and their fans. They dropped Tuesday’s game, 9-5, largely because of that old nemesis, mental errors, Coach Leake said.
Going into the final inning Rappahannock trailed by only one, 6-5, but missed the opportunity to salvage the game by allowing Clarke three unanswered runs in the seventh. “We had several opportunities to move ahead,” Coach Leake said. “We just couldn’t capitalize.”
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