Post 13 slide continues at Pitt County

WINTERVILLE — A late-season slide continued for the Wilson American Legion Post 13 baseball team with a 9-2 loss Thursday to host Pitt County Post 39 on the Pitt Community College diamond.

Pitt County grabbed the lead with two runs in the bottom of the fifth and then tacked on five more runs in the sixth for the final margin. Post 13, now 14-7 overall, dropped to 5-4 in Area I East Division play with only Friday’s game at Wayne County Post 11 remaining in the regular season. Post 39 remained unbeaten and atop the East Division with the playoffs set to begin next week. Wilson has lost three of its last four games.

Wilson starting pitcher Landon Coleman and his successor Carter Batts, both from nearby D.H. Conley High, only gave up two earned runs on the night and were hampered by five errors by the Post 13 defense, starting in the bottom of the first inning. Shortstop Brody Stallings led off with a single and left fielder Joshua Tripp before both came home when third baseman Mason Hobbs reached on an error. Coleman then fanned the next three Post 39 hitters, part of a stretch in which he set down 12 in a row.

That gave Wilson a chance to catch up, which it did in the fourth after putting a runner on base in each of its previous turns at bat. Peyton Clay led off the inning with a double to left-center field and scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of right fielder Maurice Love. Adyn Gooding, who reached on a fielder’s choice grounder when Pitt County tried unsuccessfully to cut down Clay moving to third, scored when Mason Sasser and Tyler Coates connected for back-to-back singles.

But the only other hit for Wilson after Coates’ RBI single was a lead-off single by Love in the sixth when Post 13 loaded the bases with one out and couldn’t score. Post 39 then slammed the door with five runs in the sixth.

Score by innings:

Post 13 000 200 0 — 2

Post 39 200 025 x — 9

W-Jaquavious Clemmons 5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO. L-Landon Coleman 5 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 SO. S-Jamari Hukins 1 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO.

LEADING HITTERS — Wilson: Peyton Clay 1-3, 2B, R; Maurice Love 1-1, RBI; Tyler Coates 1-2, RBI. Pitt County: Brody Stallings 3-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBIs; Joshua Tripp 1-3, R, RBI; S Howard 1-3, 2 R; Rahkeem Williams 1-2, 2 R.

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