FCA Patriots Pull Away from Knights at Larry Bell Park

The Marietta Knights kept things close early against the Cobb County power house FCA Mt. Paran Patriots before succumbing to the big hitters in a 9-1 loss at Larry Bell Park. The Patriots were impressive throughout the night blasting hard hit balls at the Knights' defense. The Knights played well defensively for much of the night but ultimately the line drives were too much as the Knights own bats were unproductive.

Playing in front of his former All Star coaches inspired Hunter Williamson to have a strong defensive night. With the outfield playing deep, Hunter twice had to go a long way from his 2B position to track down high fly balls in the outfield. Once in CF and once in RF. Big Game Hunter played for Patriots' Coaches Tony, Jerry and Doug with the Mt. Paran Titans a few years back.

Gil Hastings threw a shutout inning with 1 K against the hot hitting Patriots

Gil Hastings was terrific on the mound in just his second appearance. Gil pitched great in practice during Spring Break and was rewarded with having to face one of the best hitting teams the Knights will meet all season. Gil responded by throwing a shutout inning with 1 strikeout and a 59% strike ratio.

The Defensive Play of the Game came from Presley Field who has been solid at 1B all season. After a deep grounder to 3B, the throw looked to be just ahead of the runner but high and headed towards the fence. Presley straightened, went up high on one foot, stretched and snatched the ball out of the sky while maintaining contact with the bag to get the Knights out of the inning.

JD Rinehimer and Mason Doyle provided the Knights offense. Each had a single with JD adding 2 stolen bases and Mason 1 stolen base and a run scored.

The Knights look to rebound on Saturday with a doubleheader against the Georgia Warriors in John's Creek.