Hits were at a premium and defense was, at best, shaky. The pitching, though, was what high school baseball coaches love to see as they near the postseason.
The guys on the mound were the easy headliners Wednesday at Hixson, and both overcame error-prone defenses in a 3-1 seven-inning game that took slightly more than 90 minutes.
“This, really, is the kind of game you like to play when you start getting close to the postseason,” offered Brian Paris, coach of the winning South Pittsburg Pirates.
Assessed Hixson coach Colton Green:”You definitely like having close games at the end of the year where the guys have to make plays. We just didn’t make enough defensively. We outhit them but just couldn’t get (the runs) in.”
Former pitchers Paris and Green and the rest of those on hand marveled at a pitchers’ duel between the Pirates’ Micah Genter, who improved to 4-2, and Wildcats ace Tanner Moylan.