South Stanly baseball rallies past Hayesville 5-2
Published 6:06 pm Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Rallying from two different one-run deficits, the South Stanly baseball team earned a 5-2 home win Tuesday over the Hayesville Yellow Jackets in the first round of the state 1A baseball playoffs.
Sawyer Smith went the distance on the mound for the Bulls in Tuesday’s home win. Photo by Charles Curcio/staff
South senior Sawyer Smith threw exactly the limit of pitches allowed for one player in game, 105, to earn the complete-game win on the mound for the Bulls (15-9). He allowed one earned run on two hits with eight strikeouts.
Mabe Campbell tied the game in the bottom of the fourth with a solo home run.
The Bulls took the lead in the fifth with a run on an RBI groundout and scored twice in the bottom of the sixth.
South Stanly goes to the top seed in the West, East Surry Thursday at 6 p.m.
About Charles Curcio
Charles Curcio has served as the sports editor of the Stanly News & Press for more than 16 years and has written numerous news and feature storeis as well. He was awarded the NCHSAA Tim Stevens Media Representative of the Year and named CNHI Sports Editor of the Year in 2014. He has also won an award from Boone Newspapers, and has won four North Carolina Press Association awards.
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