By: Dan Sousa
Special report on Dominion:
Dominion
High School once again road their their two main horses to their first
ever AA Dulles District baseball tournament win Saturday, defeating
Heritage 7-2 in quarterfinal action.
Chris
Taylor hit two home runs giving him four on the year, a Titan record,
and he doubled while driving in four runs. He also pitched a scoreless
seventh inning.
Taylor’s first home run cleared the new safety fence in left center and was estimated at more than 400 feet.
Geoff
McCowat went six innings, giving up three hits, two runs, and striking
out nine. McCowat now has a Titan single season record of 67
strikeouts in 40.1 innings. 20 of those strikeouts came in a
record-setting performance against Gar-Field.
McCowat
had a no hitter for 3.1 and a shutout in to the 6th inning before
yielding two runs, one scoring due to a routine fly ball being lost in
the sun. Gerald Harvey had the only Pride RBI with a triple to center
field. The other Pride run scored on a wild pitch.
The
Titans had 12 hits. In addition to Taylor going 3-for-3 with a walk,
Matt Sherrill, Bubba Noro, and Greg Smucker each had two hits. McCowat,
Sherrill, and Ryan Doyle drove in the other Titan runs.
The Titans take on regular season champs, Broad Run, in Ashburn on Tuesday night. Game time is 7 pm.
Heritage Reports:
The
Dominion bats were powerful from the 1st pitch today, chasing Heritage
Starter John Rogerson from the game after only 2/3 of an inning. Chris
Taylor hit a 450 + foot home run in the first to left center, clearing
not only the 50 foot baseball fence, but the Right center field
softball fence as well. He followed that with another bomb in the 2nd
inning before being intentionally walked in his next at bat. He added a
double in his final at bat of the day. McCowat gets the win for Dominion
Rogerson 2/3 inning, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 H Lewkovich 5 1/3 innings, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 K, 1 BB, 1 IBB, HBP, 8 H
Peters 1-4
Reed 0-4 2K
Rogerson 2-3 R
Harvey 2-3 R, K, 3b, RBI
Clayton 0-2 2k, BB
Zarobila 0-3 K
Hoffman 0-1 K, BB
Chris Taylor smacked two home runs including an estimated 450-foot shot
that cleared the 50-foot baseball safety fence in left-center and the
softball fence as well. Geoff McCowat picked up the win with Taylor
closing it out.
Klemm 0-1
Massey 0-2 2 K, BB
Polkowski 0-2 K
Flinton 1-1
Pride finish the season 8-13
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