Randolph County Post 45 second baseman Pierce Leonard makes a play during the team’s opening game of the Southeast Regional earlier this week. Center fielder Cade Hill and pitcher Connor Adams look on. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record)
ASHEBORO – The host team is out of the Southeast Regional for American Legion baseball.
Randolph County Post 45 lost for the second time in as many nights, falling 11-2 to Camden (S.C.) Post 17 in a weather-delayed elimination game Thursday at McCrary Park.
Camden scored three first-inning runs and led 9-2 through four innings. Starting pitcher Parker Kines took the loss and Brett Smith pitched in relief.
Pierce Leonard had two of Post 45’s five hits. Clay Hill had a fielder’s choice run batted in.
Alex Myers, Carson Weathers and Skiler Jackson all drove in two runs for Post 17.
Post 45 (11-14) had a disjointed season. Because the team didn’t qualify for the Area 3 playoffs, it had more than a month layoff prior to the regional.
Post 45 lost two games by a combined score of 27-4 in the regional. The past two years, Randolph County advanced to the fourth day of play and ended regional competition with 2-2 records.
The first team eliminated was Jacksonville (Fla.) Post 316, which lost 10-2 to Puerto Rico in Thursday’s first game.
The other two games on Thursday’s slate – both involving teams that won on the opening day – were postponed until Friday. The eight-team, double-elimination tournament is scheduled to conclude Sunday.
