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ELKINS – For the first time since 2006, the Buckhannon Post 7 baseball team is heading to the West Virginia State American Legion Tournament.
Post 7 won a wild game three in a best of three series with Elkins Post 29 by a 12-9 score in eight innings of action in the Area V Tournament.
Post 7 built a 6-0 lead but fell behind by an 8-6 score before rallying for the three-run extra innings victory.
“The game was back and forth after we got out to a good lead early,” noted Buckhannon Post 7 general manager Kevin Boring. “It goes back to what we’ve been talking about for a long time with these guys: never giving up, taking it pitch by pitch, taking it at-bat by at-bat and trying to stay composed the best you can in tough situations. Every kid that was in the game tonight did something to help us win.”
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Buckhannon chased across three runs on just two hits, singles by Ryder Aman and Grant Mealey, in the top of the first for an early 3-0 lead. They also took advantage of a walk, two Elkins errors and two stolen bases.
With Mealey and Ryan Snyder each knocking in a run and Gage Parsons’ scoring a run on a double play ball in the top of the third, Buckhannon extended their lead to 6-0.
Elkins made it a game with a five-run outburst in the bottom of the fourth inning making it a 6-5 contest and then scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning taking a 8-6 lead.
Post 7 took the lead back with three runs in the top of the seventh as Peyton Bennett and Eli Bryant each knocked in a run and Post 7 was aided by and Elkins error the other run as they went up 9-8.
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Elkins tied the game at 9-9 with a bases loaded walk to Albert Gonzales but Post 7 reliever Zach Calef-Boring struck out Austin Bolyard with the bases loaded to force extra innings.
Buckhannon tacked on three more runs in the top of the eighth as Mealey drew a walk and scored on a single by Bennett, Calef-Boring singled and later scored on an Elkins error and Snyder singled and later scored on a passed ball.
Elkins managed to get a runner to second base in the bottom of the eighth inning but Calef-Boring stranded the runner there getting a strike out of Ethan Humphrey for the final out of the game.
Buckhannon outhit Elkins in the contest by an 11-7 margin.
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Mealey and Snyder each led the offense for Post 7 with three hits apiece.
Calef-Boring earned the win tossing 3 1/3 innings of relief. He allowed just one earned run on three hits while fanning four.
Buckhannon, which won two straight over Elkins after dropping the first game of the Area V Tournament, improved to 13-17 on the year.
Post 7 is now scheduled for the state tournament in which they will play the host of the tournament and Area 2 champion Morgantown Post 2 Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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Morgantown defeated Bridgeport Post 68 by a 17-1 score in the Area 2 championship game.
“It’s been since 2006 since Post 7 has been to the state tournament, it’s been a struggle to get back there but we are happy to represent Area V in the tournament,” concluded Boring.
The boxscore:
Buckhannon 303 000 33 – 12
Elkins 000 530 10 – 9
E – Buckhannon 0, Elkins 6. DP — Buckhannon 1, Elkins 1. LoB – Buckhannon 9, Elkins 10. 2B – Mealey, Snyder, Scott, Humphrey. SB – Aman, Mealey, Calef-Boring, Bennett 2. SF – Humphrey.
Hitting
Buckhannon Post 7 – Ryder Aman cf, 4 2 1 0; Eli Bryant rf, 2 2 1 1; Ian Donnen p-c, 4 1 1 0; Grant Mealey 3b, 3 3 3 1; Zach Calef-Boring 2b-p, 4 1 1 1; Ryan Snyder 1b, 5 2 3 2; Gage Parsons c, 3 0 0 0; Drayden Rice p-2b-ss, 1 0 0 0; Peyton Bennett lf, 4 1 1 1; Wyatt Mason ss, 2 0 0 0; Tucker Burr 2b, 2 0 0 0 Totals 34 12 11 6.
Elkins Post 29 – Cody Cooper ss, 3 0 1 2; Albert Gonzales 3b, 0 1 0 2; Cam Biller p-cf-2b, 5 0 0 0; Matthew Pratt lf, 1 0 0 0; Austin Bolyard lf, 3 2 1 0; Lincoln Scott c, 4 2 1 0; Brayden Hamer cf-p, 3 2 1 1; Gavin Carr rf, 5 2 2 1; Ethan Humphrey 1b, 3 0 1 2; Nick Gonzales 2b, 2 0 0 0; Miles Hutzler p, 1 0 0 0. Totals 30 9 7 8.
Pitching
Buckhannon Post 7 – Donnen: 4 innings, 3 hits, 6 runs, 6 earned runs, 6 walks, 4 strikeouts, 1 wild pitch, 1 hit batsman (Bolyard); Rice: 2/3 of an inning, 1 hit, 2 runs, 2 earned runs, 3 walks, 1 strikeout; Calef-Boring (W): 3 1/3 innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 earned runs, 3 walks, 4 strikeouts.
Elkins Post 29 – Biller: 2 innings, 3 hits, 6 runs 5 earned runs, 4 walks, 4 strikeouts, 1 hit batsman (Donnen); Hamer: 3 2/3 innings, 3 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 4 walks, 6 strikeouts, 1 wild pitch; Hutzler (L): 2 1/3 innings, 5 hits, 6 runs, 4 earned runs, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts, 1 wild pitch, 1 balk.
AREA CHAMPIONS
Area I – Parkersburg Post 15
Area II – Morgantown Post 2
Area III – South Charleston Post 94
Area IV – Berkeley Post 14
Area V – Buckhannon Post 7
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