Throughout the summer of 2020 many players across North Carolina did not play their expected schedule.   This is on the back of a spring season that was cancelled very early on for high school players.  As August rolled around, it became clear that individual sessions through high school teams, and the fall season, would continue to be impacted by COVID-19.  These issues brought some solutions as the sport of baseball, and the people involved, continued to work to impact the growth of young players.

The Old North State League was one group that stepped up to see if it could help players.  Coming off a successful 1^st summer of their Collegiate League, the ONSL setup a high school fall league.  The leagues features players representing teams from area high schools, for the most part.  The league is meant to be a developmental platform, giving players reps Mondays through Thursday beginning in September and running through mid-August.

 

Week 6 – ONSL Fall League

 

Each week, PBR will recap games and player performances based on games PBR was able to attend, as well as information from box scores and live stream feeds.  The week 5 schedule featured 8 scheduled games.  Below we recap the games that were scored with game notes and highlights.

Weekly Highlights >> Week 1  |  Week 2  |  Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5
Scout Blogs >> Week 1  |  Week 3  |  Week 6

 

Wednesday October 14, 2020 – Swepsonville Park

Patriots – 6        ONSL Futures – 4

On Wednesday the ONSL Future dropped a game to the Patriots, 6-4 tie.  The Patriots jumped out to an early lead, scoring 5 in the first two innings.  The Futures worked their way back into the game with a big 4^th inning, but could not completely close the gap.

The Patriots jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead after the 1^st half inning.  Cohen Adams (OF, 2023) led the inning off with a walk, coming around to score on a double by the next hitter.  A single from Parker Evans (C, 2022) pushed the early lead to 2-0.

In the 2^nd, the Patriots would use two singles to leadoff the inning sparking a 3 run out burst.  #29 singled to left, followed by a #15 single to right field.  #29 would score on a wild pitch with #15 scoring on a 2 out infield single from #4. (Rosters provided do not have these players numbers)

The Futures would make a run in the 4^th, plating 4 runs and cutting the Patriot lead to 2.  The inning started with 3 walks surrounding the 1^st out of the inning.  A single from Matt Keller (2023) scored Aidan Allred (2024).  With two outs, Cameron Turner (2023) singled scoring Keller with the 4^th run of the inning.

#24 started on the bump for the Patriots working 3 innings without allowing a hit.  He did walk 3 but did not allow a run in the win.  #4 earned the save working the final two innings, striking out 3 without allowing a run. 

Keller worked 3.2 innings for the Futures, striking out 4, giving up only 3 hits. 

 

Patriot Notes:

#24 – Win, 3IP, 0H, 0R, 3BB, 1K
Jacob Ray – 1IP, 2H, 4R, 3ER, 3BB, 2K
#4 – Save, 2IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 3K
#4 – 2-3, 2B, 1R, 2RBI
Jacob Ray – 1-3, 2RBI

Future Notes:

Owen Bynum – Loss, 1.1IP, 4H, 5R, 5ER, 2BB, 2K
Matt Keller – 3.2 IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
Mason Lynch – 1IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 1K
Matt Keller – 1-3, 1R, 1RBI
Cameron Turner – 1-2, 2RBI

 

Thursday October 15, 2020 – Swepsonville Park

Chatham Chargers – 6                  ONSL Futures – 2

The Futures jumped out to a 2-0 lead after 2 innings.  Over the next 4 innings the Chargers scored in each offensive half to take the win, 6-2.

Tied at 2-2 in the 5^th, Jacob Shaw (C, 2023) led off for the Chargers with a single to center.  After two quick outs, the Chargers would see #8 and Nate Ortiz (INF/C, 2023) single, taking the 3-2 lead.  An error and multiple walks would lead to the 4^th and 5^th run for the Chargers. 

In the 6^th, the Chargers put the game away with an RBI single, scoring #10.

For the Chargers, 4 arms worked, striking out 4 and only allowing 1 earned run.   #5 earned the win, going 3 innings with 2 strikeouts, surrendering both runs. 

 

Chatham Charger Notes:

#5 – Win, 3IP, 5H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 2K
#8 – 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
Walker Johnson – 1IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 1K
Mason Bae – 1IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 1K
#8 – 2-4, 1R, 1RBI
Nate Ortiz – 2-4, 1R, 1RBI
Landon Johnson – 2-3, 1R
Ben Maness – 1-1, 1R

ONSL Futures Notes:

Matt Keller – 3IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K
Samuel Asbill – 0.2IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K
Garrett Arnold – 2.1IP, 4H, 4R, 2ER, 3BB, 1K
Cameron Turner – 1-1, 1R, 1RBI
Matt Keller – 1-2, 2B
Evan Collins – 1-1, 3B, 1R