High School Baseball: Long Beach vs. Hancock

Early season high school baseball scores don’t always tell the whole story, but they can at least paint an interesting picture.

Early season high school- baseball scores don't always- tell- the whole story... but they can- at least paint an - interesting picture.- on the one hand... 5-1 long - beach has yet to play a game- decided by less than three- runs... with a seven-run- average margin of victory or- defeat.

- on the other hand... 3-1 hancoc- has yet to play a game- decided by more than one run...- having already gone into extra- innings... three times.

- so let's see what it looks like- when they play head-to-head, on- the diamond... bearcats hosting- the hawks... for- their first of two games agains- one another, this - week.

- top first... mississippi gulf - coast signee kobe cook, on- the mound... and the future - bulldog is dealing... strikes - out the lead-off man swinging..- the next batter looking... and- then finally... cook reaching - back in the spice cabinet, for- something extra... strike three- swinging... as the senior - punches out the side, to start- the game.

- more good pitching, in the- bottom of the first... from - another senior... that's colby- oliver, with the high-grade - ethanol.- but eventually he would run int- some trouble, with- two outs... dalton cook drops a- base hit, into shallow- right... and he's thinking two- the whole way... not even sure- how - his helmet is staying on... hea- first slide... and he's safe...- so- how about a two-out rally.- cameron fennell says how about- it... waits on the off-speed...- and - dumps it into shallow left... - cook is gonna score easily, - from third... to give long beac- a 1-nothing lead... after one - inning- complete.

- hawks trying to manufacture som- offense, in the top of the- second... runners on first and- third... tanner lemon - takes off... and if the bearcat- don't gun him down, russell - frank is gonna score... but the- do slap the tag on, to end the- inning... before the tying run- could score... good idea, - though.

- bottom second now... and check- out the corner man... peyton- de-witt snares it, in the air..- and steps on first, to complete- the - double play... runner was tryin- to steal second... but no - sir.- bearcats still leading 1-zero,- after two innings in the- books... but in the end, it's - long beach... taking this one,- by the- final count... of 5-1.- -