The Birmingham Giants 13 and 15u baseball teams took 2 of 3 games from the Triton Rays, with the 4th game ending in a tie saturday at Riverwalk stadium in Montgomery.
13u Giants 5 Rays 4
In Game 1, Gavin Clanton to the mound, tossing 3 1/3 innings, allowing just 1 hits, while striking out 5, before Mitt Landers closed out the games final 1 2/3s innings for the Giants win. At the Plate Chase Jones (1), JB Landrum (1), Dakota Cobb (1), Brock Posey (1), Aiden Richey (1), and CJ Okon (1) all had hits in the Giants 5-4 win.
13u Giants 2 Rays 7
In their only defeat of the day, the Giants 13u dropped the second game of the day 7-2. At the plate Mason Ray (2B), JB Landrum (1), Mitt Landers (1), and Gavin Clanton (1) had hits. JB Landrum started the game, allowing just 1 earned run and was relieved by Dakota Cobb, who struck out 4 over 2 innings in the 7-2 loss.
14/15 Giants 3 Rays 1
The first game of the 2 game set between the 14/15 Giants and the 15/16 Triton Rays team ended with the same pitcher on the hill that started the game. Andrew Kellum fired 6 innings, allowing just 3 hits, while striking out 6. At the plate Tyler Ingle (1), Andrew Kellum (1), Jarod Latta (2B), Cameron Harrios (1), and Bentley Berry (1) all had hits in the win.
14/15 Giants 5 Rays 5
In the 2nd game of the double header, Tyler Ingle took the mound, tossing 4 1/3 innings, allowing 4 hits while striking out 3, and Jarod Latta closed out the game with back to back strike outs.Offensively the Giants received hits from Tyler Ingle (1), Alex Bradford (2, 1 2B), Jarod Latta (1),and Mason Smallwood (1) in the 5-5 Tie.
14/15 Giants 10 15U CABA 4
At the University of Montevallo, the 15u Birmingham Giants played a single game against the Caba 15u team.
Andrew Kellum started the game on the mound, going 2 innings, allowing no hits and no earned runs, and Tyler Ingle threw the middle 2 innings, allowing 1 run on 1 hit while striking out 1, and Mason Mullaney tossed a perfect inning, and Jarod Latta finished the final inning with 2 strike outs as the Giants won 10-4. At the plate Tyler Ingle (1), Alex Bradford (1), Cameron Harris (1), Mason Mullaney (2), Bentley Berry (1), Mason Smallwood (2), Bryant Akeridge (1), Alex Drake (1), and Kevin Hurley all had hits for the Giants in the win.
