Prep Baseball: Maroon Tide blanks St. Martin 4-0 in “Battle at the Beach” play Friday night
Picayune infielder Ian Herring makes a play on a ground ball vs. St. Martin Friday night at Keesler Federal Park. (Photo by Steve Coleman)
By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director
BILOXI — Picayune ran its win streak to six Friday night.
The Maroon Tide blanked St. Martin 4-0 here at Keesler Federal Park in one of the final games at the ninth annual “Battle at the Beach”. The win pushes Picayune to an impressive 11-2 on the season, while the Yellow Jackets drop to 8-4 overall.
Maroon Tide senior starting pitcher Colt Robertson was in complete control on the mound all evening, as he twirled a five-hit, complete game shutout to pick up the win striking out seven and walking just one in the process.
Picayune pitcher Colt Robertson delivers a throw to home plate vs. St. Martin Friday night at Keesler Federal Park. (Photo by Steve Coleman)In this sequence of photos, Picayune base runner Parker Helton slides safely into second base as St. Martin infielder Cameron Romero reacts Friday night at Keesler Federal Park. (Photo by Steve Coleman)In this sequence of photos, Picayune base runner Parker Helton slides safely into second base as St. Martin infielder Cameron Romero reacts Friday night at Keesler Federal Park. (Photo by Steve Coleman)In this sequence of photos, Picayune base runner Parker Helton slides safely into second base as St. Martin infielder Cameron Romero reacts Friday night at Keesler Federal Park. (Photo by Steve Coleman)
“We got some timely hits tonight and Colt was really good for us,” Picayune head coach Evan Nichelson said He gives us a shot to win each night he has the ball.”
Picayune broke open a scoreless tie in the bottom of the third frame and gave Robertson all the support he would need with an RBi-double to left from Cooper Moreaux.
Two innings later, Turner Pugh produced the same results for the Maroon Tide as his run-scoring double doubled the lead to 2-0.
Picayune infielder Brunson Stockstill makes a throw to first vs. St. Martin Friday night at Keesler Federal Park. (Photo by Steve Coleman)St. Martin pitcher Rivers Groue turns loose with a throw Friday night at Keesler Federal Park vs. Picayune. (Photo by Steve Coleman)Picayune outfielder Turner Pugh relays the ball back to the infield vs. St. Martin Friday night at Keesler Federal Park. (Photo by Steve Coleman)St. Martin infielder Caleb Lawrence makes a throw to first base pitcher Friday night at Keesler Federal Park vs. Picayune. (Photo by Steve Coleman)
Picayune sealed the win in a chaotic sixth stanza as two runs scored when a ground ball off of the bat of Justin Stockstill was mis-played by the Yellow Jacket infield into an error to complete the results at 4-0.
Moreaux and Parker Helton each collected two hits apiece to pace Picayune at the plate.
Cameron Romero had two hits for St. Martin.
Rivers Groue started and worked five frames to take the pitching loss.
Both squads now looks forward to region play which begins next week.
“It’s always good to have some positive momentum heading into district play,” Nichelson concluded.
St. Martin base runner Cameron Romero slides into second as Picayune infielder Brunson Stockstill applies the tag Friday night at Keesler Federal Park. (Photo by Steve Coleman)Picayune pitcher Colt Robertson lets loose with a toss vs. St. Martin Friday night at Keesler Federal Park. (Photo by Steve Coleman)St. Martin infielder Cameron Romero makes a throw to first Friday night at Keesler Federal Park vs. Picayune. (Photo by Steve Coleman)Picayune base runner Justin Stockstill dives back into first base as St. Martin infielder Gavin Nitcavic reaches out to make the tag Friday night at Keesler Federal Park. (Photo by Steve Coleman)
Leave a Reply