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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Canuck eyeing spot with Braves
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Peter
Orr grew up in Canada play-
ing hockey in
the winter,
baseball in the
summer.
Maybe he’ll
get to spend
this summer
in Atlanta.
Orr’s ver
satility has
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impressed Braves manager
Bobby Cox, who’s expected
to keep 12 pitchers and needs
flexibility with only five play
ers on the bench.
“In the National League,
so many teams are carrying
12 pitchers now,” Cox said.
“So it’s important to have
a guy who can play a lot of
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in that inning and scored
seven runs.
Michael Roberts started
the attack with a double and
ended the onslaught with his
second two-base hit of the
inning that drove in three
runs, enough to end the
game early.
All nine batting positions
scored at least one run. Josh
Stewart, Stephen Calhoun,
who was a courtesy runner
for the pitcher’s spot, and
Shane Ashley scored two
runs.
Roberts was 2-for-3 with
his two doubles and three
RBIs.
Ashley went 2-for-3 for
three and drove in two and
Seth Reber and Mitchell
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Kyle Gordon in the Lancers and John Hancock's tie in their Brannen Motor Company
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to getting us a good start.”
Carsten Franklin got the
Hornets on the scoreboard
in the bottom of the first. He
was hit by a pitch and then
stole second.
Barfield then helped his
cause by singling him in.
Williams began Westfield’s
half of the third with a sin
gle. He stole second and Zach
Young walked.
Franklin then struck again.
His double scored both run
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positions.”
Orr certainly fits the bill,
having playing second base,
shortstop, third base and
outfield in the minors.
The 25-year-old Ontario
native made a name for him
self last season at Triple-A
Richmond, hitting .320 with
24 stolen bases.
As a youngster, Orr Was
a huge fan of the Toronto
Blue Jays. He still remem
bers Cox managing the 1985
team that won the AL East
with sluggers George Bell
and Jesse Barfield.
In a nod to his hockey
roots, Orr always tries to
wear No. 4 - Bobby Orr’s
number - even though he’s
not related to the Hall of
Fowler each went 3-for-3.
“We hit the ball well,” said
Perry head coach Shawn
Masters, getting his first win
as a head coach. “Even the
balls that were outs were
well hit.”
Masters had said in an ear
lier interview that his team
might be a good hitting team.
Even with that in mind, his
team worked hard on bun
ting and advancing runners.
Perry was up 6-1 when
he had Jeff Roeder suicide
squeeze with Ashley on third
and Reber on second.
“I felt like we could make
something happen,” Masters
said.
They did. Roeder placed a
perfect bunt that ended up
in no-man’s land a few feet
ners and gave the Hornets a
3-0 lead after three.
“Tanner Williams’ base
hit put us in the right spot,”
Sellers said. “It led to a two
run inning.”
Westfield added three
unearned runs in the fifth.
Barfield reached first on an
error caused by a dropped
third strike. Daniel Peake
singled and Jarrod Taylor
walked. All three scored
when Windsor’s shortstop
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PICTI'RE THIS: Rookie pitcher
Kyle Davies got plenty of
ribbing from his teammates
Tuesday.
Circulating through the
clubhouse was a magazine
that featured a 1991 picture
of Davies, then only 8 years
old and wearing glasses as
he posed alongside current
Braves pitcher John Smoltz.
The picture was snapped
when Davies and other base
ball-playing youngsters got a
chance to meet the Braves at
old Atlanta-Fulton County
Stadium.
“I knew it was coming
out,” Davies said. “I had
hoped to get it delayed a few
times.”
in front of the plate.
Northside catcher Nick
Chemey was forced to field
the ball and couldn’t get back
to the plate in time to keep
Roberts from scoring.
That made the score 7-1.
Reber reached third on the
play and scored on a wild
pitch. Then with the bases
loaded and two outs, Roberts
banged a fastball off the base
of the left field fence to clear
the bases and end the game.
SCOREBOARD
PERRY 12, NORTHSIDE 1
NS: 000 01 - 1 21
PY: 500 07-12 12 2
WP: Mitchell Fowler (1-0). LP: Chris
Barnard (0-1). Leading hitters: (NS) Derek
Bowen 2-2; (PY) Mitchell Fowler 3-3 28,
Michael Roberts 2-3 2 2B 3 RBI, Shane
Ashley 2-3, Seth Reber 3-3. Records: (NS)
0-1 ; (PY) 1-0.
mishandled Stan Cornelius’
grounder.
Albritton come on in the
bottom of the sixth. Windsor’s
Derek Scarbary reached sec
ond on a outfield error. He
stole third and came home
after an errant throw from
Westfield’s catcher. The run
was unearned but Windsor
avoided the shutout.
Albritton went on to strike
out the side and end the
game.
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Warner Robins' Alyssa Schmucker scoots a pass to a teammate in the team's win over
Perry Tuesday in Warner Robins. Schmucker led all scorers with three goals.
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kick - Warner Robins had
two in the opening period
and four overall, while the
Lady Panthers didn’t have
the first - sailed over the
bar.
The second, from Sarah
Sherman went in. So did the
third by Alyssa Schmucker.
Schmucker, who led the
team in scoring, added her
second and final goal at the
seven- and 10-minute mark
- approximately - to put the
Demonettes up 4-0.
Sherman scored again a
few minutes later - her final
goal of the evening.
Deanna Drain followed
suit shortly after that with
one of her two on the day
and Alex Leipprandt scored
another to make it 7-0 at
the break.
In all, Warner Robins
struck at Perry’s goal 11
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times during that span. For
the Lady Panthers, who
crossed midfield four times
but were only able to drive
the ball deep once, that
number was “zero.”
The wind worked well
against Perry in the first
half. In the second it should
have been the opposite. It
wasn’t.
The Demonettes came
right back out on the attack
again and never let up -
although swapped around
from the stiff breeze playing
tricks with the ball, Perry
goalkeeper Natalia Rawls
made at least six nice saves.
Warner Robins still pounded
at her with 30 shots, six of
them going in.
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Drain, Sam Snipes, Amber
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the Demonettes’ scor
ing onslaught. The Lady
Panthers’ shots on goal mir
rored the first - none.
“There was a consider
able amount of difference
in skill level,” said Perry
girls head soccer coach
Courtney Herbert, who well
knew what her team was up
against going in. “I’ve lost
all my seniors ... this is a
baby team (compared to last
year). We’re still learning.”
Plus, she added, “We’ve
never beaten Warner Robins.
Terri does a real good job
coaching them ... it’s sort of
like apples and oranges.”
Or at least in this case,
and not to implicate she was
that upset over the loss - she
firmly believed it was a valu
able learning experience for
her girls - the difference
between Kleenex and a cry
ing towel.
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Warner
Robins' Alex
Leipprandt,
left, and
Deanna Drain
work the ball
against a Perry
player in the
Demonettes'
win.
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