By:
Barry Mabry – November 4, 2012

-Mets
(SC 13’s) vs Padres (Mid-Atl 13’s)-

A
pitching duel was the story of this game with only nine hits combined between
the two teams. The Mets stranded four runners in the first two innings (nine
total). Akeem Bostick got the nod
from manager Marlin McPhail and fared
well pumping in 88-91 MPH heaters. The Padres took a 1-0 lead in the second
frame but only due to a errant throw from the Mets catcher on a double steal.

Bostick
handed the ball over to lefty Josh
Reagan as he threw zeros across the board in his two frames only
surrendering a double. Padres’ pitchers kept Mets’ hitters off-balance through
the third and fourth frames as they only allowed two base runners. Reagan
dropped his duties off to C of C commit Tyler
Thornton who worked out of two jams, stranding four base runners, without
allowing a run to cross.

Still
down 1-0, Clemson’s Eli White’s leadoff
double in the sixth seemed to be the spark the Mets needed but the Padres
pitcher worked out of the mess scoreless, stranding White at third. Thornton
threw up his zero which took us to the top of the seventh.

Winthrop’s
Babe Thomas turned a single into a
double to lead off the inning. An error on the pitcher allowed SMC’s Cameron Garrett to reach. Two batters
later Georgia’s Michael Carpin
smoked a sac-fly to deep right which tied the game up at one apiece.

Coastal
Carolina’s Andrew Beckwith came in
for Thornton in the bottom of the seventh doing what he does best and recorded
three consecutive groundouts to end the game in a tie.

Final Score: SC Mets 1 Mid-Atlantic Padres 1 2B: Eli White