After a barrage of 10 hits by Thomas Jefferson batters
against Madison the night before, the Thomas
Jefferson bats fell silent against a fine pitching display by three McLean pitchers.
The Thomas Jefferson Colonials managed only a lone hit, a double by
Jonathan Wildes that scored Beau Pritchett and Mason Freedman who were on the
base paths because of an error and walk, respectively. Only two other contacts with the Thomas
Jefferson bats during the game left the confines of the infield, unfortunately
both were outs. Defensively, two infield
errors in the first inning again did not help a solid effort by Thomas
Jefferson starting pitcher Chris Kilgore who ended up incurring only one earned
run out of the five runs tallied by McLean in
the inning. The highlight of the evening
for the Colonials, however, was the swagger shown by Beau Pritchett on the
mound. Pritchett closed out the pitching
duties for the Colonials by giving up only one hit over the last three innings
to shut down the Highlanders.