By Johnny Sanders, Sports Editor
MOODY – On Tuesday night, Springville and Moody renewed their rivalry on the diamond at Moody High School. The Blue Devils were riding high after 3 consecutive wins while Springville was reeling from going 0-2 in a double-header at Arab on Saturday. However, the Tigers were not interested in the past. They were looking forward and beating their biggest rival was in their crosshairs. They did not miss.
The first inning was scoreless as pitchers Brady Gillespie (Springville) and Bryant Hardin (Moody) went toe to toe to start the game out with no runs for either team.
Springville, however, would explode in the second inning, scoring 4 of their 5 total runs. The first came when Zach Brown was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, bringing Brady Gillespie to the plate for the first run of the game. Tanner Oakes would hit a single up the middle to drive in Kade Willis and Carter Samuelson, making it 3-0 Tigers with 2 outs in the second inning. Asa Morrison singled next to bring in Brown and make it 4-0 before a Jacob Bailey line drive was caught by Moody’s Kolby Seymour to stop the bleeding and end the inning with Springville in the lead 4-0.
Moody would find no success in the third and Springville would get just one run in the inning, scored by Kevin Jones who was pinch running for Gillespie. In the fourth, Moody would get their lone run from a Chase Marshall home run on a 2-0 pitch from Gillespie.
Bryant Hardin had 9 strike outs but allowed 5 hits in 4 innings of play for the Blue Devils. Colby Graves came in for the final two innings of the game in relief.
For Springville, left-hander Brady Gillespie allowed just 3 hits and one run in four innings, striking out two batters. Kade Willis came in to relieve him, throwing the final two innings.
Springville is now 3-2 and will play their next game at home against Moody.
Moody finds itself 3-1 heading to Pell City on Wednesday.
