Patrick McDonald and Andrew Harris combined on a three-hit shutout of once-beaten FUMA this afternoon as the Tigers scratched a run across in the bottom of the sixth inning to claim a 1-0 victory in the first game of a two-game series against the Blue Devils this week. McDonald went five strong innings, striking out nine while allowing but two hits and two walks. McDonald struck out batters with runners in scoring position and two out in both the third and fifth innings, while Andrew Harris made a very heady play to tag out a runner attempting to move from second to third with one out in the fourth inning. Harris fielded the ball to his left and faked a throw to first, tagging out the runner attempting to move to third base. Reaching his pitch limit, McDonald was replaced on the hill by Harris. After a quick first out in the sixth, the Blue Devils loaded the bases with one out. With the infield in, Harris coaxed a grounder to fourth form third baseman, CoCo Clay, who threw to catcher Christian Zaytoun to force a runner at the plate. A soft fly ball over the infield was caught by McDonald to retire the threat. As he was all day, McDonald was in the middle of the action in the bottom of the sixth as he led off with a triple into the right field corner. Reading a wild pitch in the dirt, McDonald scored the lone and game-winning run with no outs in the bottom of the sixth. In the top of the seventh, Harris recorded a strike out for the first out of the inning before getting a ground ball to shortstop McDonald and a 6-3 putout. A couple of well-thrown changeups resulted in a strikeout of the FUMA leadoff batter and a 1-0 Tiger victory. The game was a classic pitcher's duel taking a total of one hour and 25 minutes to play. The Tigers moved to 2-1-1 on the season and 1-0 in the Virginia Prep League. The Tigers travel to Fork Union on Friday at 4PM to complete the two-game series. Many thanks to all of the faculty and students that showed up to support us today. It was very much appreciated!
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