Vols prove too strong

Published 12:00 am Sunday, March 21, 2004

The Selma High Saints baseball team took on the Jeff Davis Vols Friday afternoon at Bloch Park,

falling to the Vols, 12-7.

The Vols took the early lead, 1-0 in the top of the first inning but Selma was quick to answer.

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Cajun Pritchett made a connection and knocked in two runs in the bottom of the inning.

Jimmy Smith had a single to center and another run came home.

In the third, the Jeff Davis bats came to life.

With a run on first and two errors by the Saints, Jeff Davis managed to get a pair of runs home.

Again Selma answered.

Quinn Parnell singled and stole second with a textbook slide to avoid the tag.

Donald Steel bunted the runner home over.

A dropped third strike allowed Corey Washington to get to first, but Selma couldn’t bring the runner home.

In the fourth, Rod West hit a blast to leftfield and brought in a Selma run and gave the Saints the lead.

West stole second and third and his cousin, Marcus, drove him home with a single that gave Selma a 6-3 lead.

Jeff Davis battled back in the fifth inning to tie the game with the help of a key Selma error.

Jeff Davis took the win 12-7 in extra innings.

The Vols won 14-4 in the second contest.