Providence – 2                 Reagan – 15

An opening game matchup between two clubs that have state championship aspiration was close early, before the Reagan Raiders pulled away and ended the game after 5.  Uber prospect, LHP Josh Hartle was on the bump for the Raiders and got the win.

Providence jumped on Hartle in the first, scoring 2 runs.  David Garfinkle walked to leadoff the game and stole 2B.  Following a strikeout, Garfinkle would score on a Jeremy Beamon single to right.  Beamon would advance all the way to 3B on the play at the plate.  A Luke Woolf safety squeeze would score Beamon, giving Providence a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the 1^st.

The Raiders offense would strike back quickly.  Tommy Hawke got on to leadoff via the hit by pitch.  A single by Colby Welborn would score Hawke, who stole 2B.  Hartle walked to put two on.  A double steal would see Hartle advance to 2B and Welborn would score, tying the game, on an errant throw.  Noah Quarless grounded out to short, scoring Hartle. 

The one run lead would be enough for Hartle.  The senior lefty spent part of his off-season recovering from a minor medical issue.  He is still regaining a lot of his strength, but the comfort on the bump returned in the 2^nd inning where he punched out the side.  Reagan went right back to work increasing their lead to 7-2 after two.

Hartle would face the minimum over his final four innings of work, only allowing a hit by pitch in the 5^th.  For the game he threw 70 pitches, 46 for strikes, striking out 9 and only walking 1.  The Raider offense would score 8 in the bottom of the 4^th, paced by 5 consecutive walks to start the inning.  In the inning, Reagan recorded two hits, the big one a double from Hartle to make it 15-2.

 

Reagan Notes:
+ Josh Hartle – CG Win, 5IP, 1H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 9K
+ Tommy Hawke – 1-1, 2 BB, 4R
+ Colby Welborn – 2-3, 3R, 4RBI
+ Josh Hartle – 1-1, 2B, 3 BB, 2R, 1RBI
+ Carter Boyd – 1-3, 1R, 1RBI

Providence Notes:
+ Collin McDougal – Loss, 1IP, 1H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 2K
+ Jeremy Beamon – 2IP, 2H, 7R, 5ER, 6BB, 2K
+ Jeremy Beamon – 1-2, 1R, 1RBI

 

Twitter Video

 

After a shaky first, LHP Josh Hartle cruised through the next two. Gave up two runs on a BB, SB, 1B and squeeze. 3 IP, 8 K so far. Up to 91. Mostly 87-89. Breaking ball is 77-80. Flashes late bite. One CH so far at 82.@PrepBaseballNC #MLBDraft pic.twitter.com/wwJqWF6lrt

— Nathan Rode (@NathanRode) April 28, 2021

 

 

Good morning.

Start your day with a little #SpinWins sampling from Josh Hartle.#MLBDraft @prepbaseball @PrepBaseballNC pic.twitter.com/oY4LLMxt8F

— Nathan Rode (@NathanRode) April 28, 2021

 

 

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