Offensive outbursts highlight series
VPCC drops two of three to Camp.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Community College | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Virginia Peninsula CC | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | X | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| Final (10) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Community College | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 0 |
| Virginia Peninsula CC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Peninsula CC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Camp Community College | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
Team Stats
Camp Community College
Camp Community College
Camp Community College
The Gators lost two of three Region 10 games to Paul D. Camp Community College with each game being decided by a big inning.
Things began April 18 with Camp winning 8-7, using a seven-run fifth inning to erase a 6-1 deficit. The hosts took advantage of three errors by the Gators to score six unearned runs. Offensively, Aidan Feather (Grassfield High School/Chesapeake) had two hits (a double and a triple), scored twice and drove in a run for VPCC. Cameron Johnson (Nansemond Rover/Suffolk) added two hits and two runs, and Brendan Walker (Lancaster) and Anthony Tortorice (Catholic HS/Virginia Beach) each had two RBIs.
That was followed a day later by a doubleheader split at War Memorial Stadium in Hampton. The Gators won the first game 12-11 before losing the second 14-13.
In the first game, the Gators (13-27, 10-11) scored five in the fifth and two in the sixth to overcome an 11-5 deficit. Feather, again, was at the center of VPCC's offense, with four hits and five runs batted in. His two-run single in the sixth proved to be the difference, and he also had an RBI double, a run-scoring single and a sacrifice fly. Johnson, Israel Dozier (Kempsville/Virginia Beach), Marco Fernandez (Spanish River/Fla.), Walker and Tortorice each had two of the Gators' 14 hits. Both of Dozier's hits were doubles, and Fernandez had a home run. Wilson Estep (Walsingham Academy/Williamsburg) earned the victory on the mound, going two innings and giving up one hit and no runs.
The Gators jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second game, but an eight-run inning by the Hurricanes gave them a 13-4 lead. The Gators responded with a five-run sixth. After Camp scored its final run in the seventh, VPCC scored four in the eighth and had the tying and winning runs on base. The big hits for the Gators were a three-run double by Fernandez in the sixth and a two-run single by Walker in the eighth.
Feather had three hits and two RBIs in the series finale, and Dozier, Johnson and Alvarez also had two hits. Fernandez drove in five runs.
The Gators close out Region 10 play with a three-game series at Surry Community College (N.C.) on April 26 and 27. The Saturday doubleheader starts at 1 p.m., as does Sunday's single game.
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