Hammer Hastings Takes One Out of the Yard Against Coyotes

As Chipper Jones would say, Gil Hastings went Yicketty Monday Night against The Coyotes at Walton High School.

The Knights Welcome Gil Home After his 5th Inning Blast.

Coming off a couple of nice wins and playing good baseball, the Marietta Knights may have come into Wednesday night's NABL West matchup at Walton High School with the Cobb Coyotes a little over hyped. Their cross town rival was just the team to bring them back to Earth. The talented and well coached Coyotes pounced on every Knights miscue and cruised to a 12-5 win. Coach Rob told the guys that it was a good night to get some of the mistakes out of the way so they'd be ready for a big weekend at the Champs Wear the Rings Tournament in Villa Rica.

The story of the night for Marietta came in the bottom of the 5th when Gil Hastings blasted a deep homerun over the left center field wall. The first pitch of the at bat was a fast ball slightly up and on the outside half of the plate. Gil hit it solidly and the only question was whether the wind could keep it in the park. It could not and the ball landed approximately 15 feet beyond the wall. It was the first of what will certainly be many homeruns for Hammer Hastings.


Mason Doyle also had a great offensive evening against his former teammates. Mason was 2 for 2

Cal Hughes threw out a Cobb runner trying to steal 2nd

with 2 RBI's, a run scored and 2 stolen bases. The Defensive Play of the Game came from Catcher Cal Hughes when he made a beautiful throw from behind the plate to cut down a Coyotes runner trying to steal second. Presley Field continued his superb play at 1B. Presley recorded 7 putouts on the night including a few that required athletic snags of less than stellar throws. Hunter Williamson pitched a very nice 5th inning in his first action on the mound in several weeks. It only took 9 pitches, 7 for strikes, to get 3 ground ball outs. Afterwards he gave credit to his catcher Will Nelson who he said kept him in good locations throughout the inning.

Hunter, Jack and Gil star in "Big, Little, Big"