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Preseason baseball can be a chilly affair for local high school teams and Saturday was no exception. The East Surry Cardinals hosted Chatham Central for a midday scrimmage that left both players and fans chilled to the bone. Here, Joe Reid Denny, one of several Cardinals showing off a hot bat for the day, connects for a long fly ball. The Cardinals began their season this week with a busy schedule highlighted by their first home game of the year, coming up Friday evening against Starmount High School.
But it wasn’t pretty.
The visiting Cardinals committed five errors in their 5-4 victory over Elkin Monday, behind a strong pitching performance by Troy Jessup and some timely hitting by Andrew Hunter and Kyle Shinault.
“Tonight was a typical early season game,” said East Surry Coach Barry Hall. “Lots of errors because both teams haven’t practiced much. We will try to get it fixed before the next game.”
Elkin jump out to an early 2-0 lead in the contest, then both teams went scoreless until the fifth inning. That is when the Cardinals took control, scoring three. After a scoreless sixth, East Surry struck for another two runs for a 5-2 lead before holding off an Elkin rally for the final 5-4 score.
Jessup started the game and earned the victory, giving up a single hit before being relieved by Shinault.
Hunter was 1-for-3 on the night, clubbing a one-run homer and scoring two runs, while Shinault was 2-for-2 with two doubles, a run and three RBIs.
Surry — 000 030 2 — 5
Elkin — 200 000 2 — 4
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