MYRTLE BEACH, SC — North Laurel finished its stay in the Cal Ripken Experience with a 3-2 loss to Pennsylvania’s Upper Darby High School on Wednesday.
The Jaguars (5-6) turned in an 0-4 mark during their stay in the Cal Ripken Experience, but coach Darren McWhorter said his team got better after playing good competition in some nice weather.
“Overall it was a great trip, we had good weather, and played very good competition and we competed,” he said.
North Laurel scored a run in the first inning, and led 1-0 until Upper Darby tied the game at one apiece in the third inning. Upper Parman scored a run in the fifth inning, and added another insurance run in the seventh inning before the Jaguars attempted to rally, but managed to score a run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
“We were able to see good pitching and I thought our pitching competed well Corey Broughton and Andrew Cupp,” McWhorter said. “It was a game like you see in tournament play. Every play mattered and we made a couple of errors that cost us runs. Someone has to get a big hit to score runs,” he added. “We did that late to get within one with a runner on second, but it wasn’t meant to be.”
North Laurel finished with three hits while Blaize Jones, and EJ Allen each finished with a hit, and an RBI apiece. Andrew Cupp also had a hit.
Corey Broughton took the loss, but turned in an impressive effort, tossing five and one/third of an inning while allowing five hits, and two earned runs. He finished with three strikeouts. Cupp tossed one and two/thirds of an inning, giving up three hits, and one earned run.
