April 5, 2022: 18 Strikeouts for Ty Lawson: Whiteville Over Pender 5-0
By: Vinny Pagano
Whiteville traveled to Pender yesterday and got the win 5-0, in a six-inning rain shortened game. Ty Lawson was on the mound and once again dominated the opposing batters. Every out recorded against the Patriots was a strikeout, 18 in total. Next up is the Pender did get three hits and managed to get a walk from Ty, but otherwise they were consistently swinging late on Lawsons’ fastball. Lawson was due to come out for the seventh, but the rain started falling and the game was called.
Whiteville was hot at the plate once again yesterday, scoring 5 runs. Bud Baldwin got a single off the first baseman’s glove and ended up on second on the play. Baldwin moved over to third on a wild pitch. Kyler Dowless hit a deep sacrifice fly to center field, Baldwin scored on the play. The game would move quick, and it would be the fifth inning before the Wolfpack put the finishing touches on the game. Luke Odham started it off with a single through the middle, getting on base for the third time in the game. Odham then stole second base. Ty Lawson would get an RBI single through the middle, scoring Odham from second. Ashton Cartrette would come in as the courtesy runner for Lawson and he would steal second base. Kyler Dowless then would get a pop single to center field, moving Cartrette to third. Caleb Johnson then got up and got a bases clearing (2 RBI) double down the third base line. Johnson then easily stole third base. Grayson Creech then would get up and get an RBI pop up single to left field, that easily scored Caleb Johnson from third base. That would bring the score to 5-0 and that would be the final score bringing the Wolfpack to 7-3 on the season.
Pender comes to Whiteville on Friday looking for revenge. The first pitch is scheduled for 7pm and the pre-game coverage starts at 6:45pm on Kool-FM. You can catch every pitch on Kool 103.9-FM radio and streaming at www.Kool1039Radio.com
– Vinny Pagano is the Sports Editor for Columbus County News and Sports Director for WTXY Kool 103.9FM & AM1540. Join Vinny every Saturday morning at 10:30am on WTXY AM1540 & KOOL 103.9FM for “In The Sports Zone”, a weekly sports talk podcast, covering the world of professional, college, semi-pro and the local sports world. In The Sports Zone is also available on Spotify, and other Podcast sites. Local Sports stories, as well as questions and comments can be submitted to Vinny at sports@kool1039radio.com
