Northside pulls away from Perry late at Dyson

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The winter season had one more chilly night in Houston County Wednesday when Northside High hosted Perry High for non-region baseball play at Dyson Field. The Eagles of head coach Chris Harrelson, on the field for the first time since dominating Veterans High at home on March 7 in five innings, blew open a tight game against the Panthers with four sixth-inning runs, the final score being 7-1.
Jason Gifford pitched the first four innings for Northside giving up Perry’s one run. Griffen Nauss threw the last three frames allowing no runs on two hits and two walks. Combined, the two fanned eight Perry hitters.
The Eagle hit total wasn’t that high until the game got to the sixth, and those four runs scored on three hits and one well-executed suicide squeeze bunt.
Northside’s leadoff batter, though, Jesus Monserratt, lined a double down the third-base line to get the bottom of the first inning going off Perry starter Seth Moss. Tyler Flood also sent the baseball down the third-base line, but it didn’t go as far. Still, it was an infield single scoring Monserratt.
Moss got out of the first with three straight outs and struck out the side in the second. He fanned seven overall.
Perry tied the game 1-1 in the top of the third as Jake Farrell singled with one out. Dillon Hendrix batted with two outs and singled in front of a diving right fielder Bryan Dyson. Drew Martens ripped an RBI single, also to right.
Eagle second baseman Derrick Byrne walked to lead off the home third and took second on a pick-off error. Wild pitches and walks became an issue for Perry on the mound, and Byrne went to both third base and home on errant deliveries (2-1). There was a passed ball on what was the third walk of the inning, but the Panthers got the third out at the plate.
Perry threatened in Gifford’s last inning, the fourth, as Myles Sowell fouled off numerous pitches for a single. It was first-and-third, but Gifford recorded his last strikeout and catcher Kendall Scott threw out the runner going to second base.
The top of the fifth was also adventurous in Nauss’ first inning of work. He would pick off Farrell after he reached on an error, but J.W. Gentry then singled. Byrne cut off Hendrix’s grounder up the middle for a great fielder’s choice flip at second. Nauss then threw a full-count pitch for a called third strike.
Northside scored one in the fifth on two walks and Ethan Broome’s sacrifice fly.
The big sixth inning began with Nauss’ single and Jordan Redd’s sacrifice. It was Byrne putting down the squeeze bunt to up the Eagle lead to 4-1.
Back at the No. 1 spot, Northside had three straight two-out hits, including Monserratt’s tough infielder. Flood and Broome each batted home runs on hits.

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