By: Gary Randall – October 11, 2022
The cards dealt this evening (aka schedule) prompted a power scouting move, as it’s called in the pro scouting community, to pick up a game at one location and then move to a different location for a second game. Sometimes there are third and fourth stops depending on the game start times, whether it’s a hitter or a pitcher that’s the target player(s) and how far the fields are apart. Sometimes the aggressive scouting blows up in our faces, but it’s sweet when it works out reasonably well. This night…it was sweet!
Game one landed me at Indian Land HS, my first time seeing a game at the new ILHS campus facility, complete with Coach Hal Bagwell steering the Warrior ship. It was a DH pairing with Lancers Blue and Warriors #1 squared off in the first game. I eyeballed a full 5 innings of that game before heading to Kershaw, SC and Andrew Jackson HS where Falcons Black matched skills against Volunteer Orange.
Lancers Blue and Warriors #1 were tied at 5-5 after five innings when I grabbed my work gear heading to the car and Andrew Jackson HS. I’m told on good authority that this game ended with Warriors a run ahead – and that Connor Wallace hit a dinger!
In Kershaw, the focus and competitive juices from Falcons Black and Vols Orange were as palpable as I have seen in a DP-GRH Fall League game in some time. Even though pitchers were changed at intervals that wouldn’t happen during a regular season game and some players were moving from this defensive position to that defensive position, it was almost a playoff type atmosphere. Baseballs were being banged around and out of the yard (3) – Landon Peavy 2 (pictured at top) and Gabe Simmons 1 – fine defensive plays were being made and the coaches were In To It! Vols Orange ended up plating two in the bottom of the last inning to grab the “W”
-Around the dp Greater Rock Hill Horn-
Six dp-GRH sites saw action this evening for a total of eight games. Two of the eight game results are mentioned above and, in the second game at Indian Land, Lancers Green topped Warriors #2, and in the first game at AJHS, Volunteer White grabbed a win over Bruins #2. Blue Eagles #2 put a digit in the win column versus Trojans #1. Copperheads #3 won over Trojans #2 and Lancers White over the Eagles. Lastly, the Jr Jackets topped Bearcats #2.
*Coming Soon – More Coverage: Prospect Info, Players Worthy of Further Looks, Top Game Performers and Pitcher FB Velocities. Stay tuned…