Springville will visit Russellville this weekend for a best-of-three quarterfinal series in the Class 5A baseball playoffs, beginning with two games on Friday at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Russellville Baseball Stadium. The games will be broadcast live on WGOL-AM 920 and 100.7 FM, with live streaming audio available on www.wgolam.com.
The winner of this weekend’s series (see preview below) will advance to face either Mortimer Jordan or Brooks in the state semifinals.
Springville Tigers
Record: 24-11 (3-3 in Area 11)
First Round: Swept Cleburne County (won 9-0 and 10-2)
Second Round: Took two of three from Hayden (lost 5-3, won 3-2 and 16-1)
Runs scored: 294 (8.4 per game)
Runs allowed: 203 (5.8 per game)
Common opponents with RHS: Arab, Cleburne County, Corner (Springville went 6-1 against those teams; Russellville went 3-1)
Team Batting – 317 hits in 981 AB (.323 average), 19 HR, 9 TR, 67 DB, 146 BB, 52 HBP, 142 K, 63 SB in 74 attempts, 12 sac, 13 SF
Projected Lineup
3B Bradlee Cole (Bats Right-Throws Right) – 34 hits in 116 AB (.293), 4 HR, 12 DB, 29 RBI, 30 R, .344 OBP, 10 SB
CF Brandon Daniels (L-L) – 41 hits in 104 AB (.394), 7 HR, 1 TR, 7 DB, 35 RBI, 49 R, .475 OBP, 17 SB
RF Brant Brown (L-L) – 45 hits in 105 AB (.429), 2 TR, 9 DB, 22 RBI, 33 R, .537 OBP
SS Chase Isbell (R-R) – 40 hits in 103 AB (.388), 3 HR, 2 TR, 9 DB, 44 RBI, 39 R, .476 OBP
1B Ivan Cornelius (R-R) – 38 hits in 102 AB (.373), 3 HR, 8 DB, 36 RBI, 28 R, .477 OBP
P Braden Hughes (R-R) – 29 hits in 97 AB (.299), 2 HR, 6 DB, 30 RBI, 13 R, .400 OBP
DH Jake Goolsby (L-R) – 7 hits in 18 AB (.389), 2 DB, 1 RBI, 2 R, .522 OBP
LF Trevor Blackmon (R-R) – 25 hits in 91 AB (.275), 2 TR, 5 DB, 10 RBI, 31 R, .387 OBP, 12 SB
C Justin Bromley (R-R) – 22 hits in 93 AB (.237), 2 TR, 4 DB, 18 RBI, 9 R, .330 OBP, 6 sac
Team Pitching – 226.2 IP, 125 ER (3.85 ERA), 256 hits, 188 K, 113 BB, 38 HBP
Projected Pitching Staff
RH Braden Hughes: 5-3, 2.20 ERA, 54.1 IP, 48 hits, 35 K, 15 BB, 4 HBP
RH Ivan Cornelius: 7-1, 1.69 ERA, 54.1 IP, 59 hits, 33 K, 9 BB, 9 HBP
LH Max Harrison: 2-1, 2.52 ERA, 24.2 IP, 21 hits, 18 K, 14 BB, 1 HBP
RH Chase Isbell: 3-3, 2 SV, 7.00 ERA, 18 IP, 18 hits, 32 K, 16 BB, 4 HBP
LH Brant Brown: 1-2, 4.20 ERA, 24.2 IP, 31 hits, 20 K, 16 BB, 7 HBP
LH Brandon Daniels: 1-0, SV, 5.44 ERA, 9 IP, 5 hits, 14 K, 10 BB, 3 HBP
Russellville Golden Tigers
Record: 26-14 (5-1 in Area 16)
First Round: Swept Etowah (won 7-3 and 7-3)
Second Round: Took two of three from Lee-Huntsville (lost 3-2, won 10-2 and 13-1)
Runs scored: 247 (6.2 per game)
Runs allowed: 145 (3.6 per game)
Common opponents with Springville: Cleburne County, Corner, Arab (Russellville went 3-1 against those teams; Springville went 6-1)
Team Batting – 299 hits in 1,072 AB (.279 average), 19 HR, 4 TR, 51 DB, 172 BB, 43 HBP, 247 K, 45 SB in 53 attempts, 23 sac, 13 SF
Projected Lineup
DH Noah Gist – 27 hits in 102 AB (.265), 1 DB, 8 RBI, 28 R, .419 OBP, 11 SB
SS Rudy Fernandez – 43 hits in 127 AB (.339), 6 HR, 6 DB, 31 RBI, 30 R, .432 OBP
P Landon Ezzell – 34 hits in 125 AB (.272), 6 HR, 12 DB, 27 RBI, 19 R, .399 OBP
3B Houston Kitterman – 41 hits in 120 AB (.342), 3 HR, 1 TR, 3 DB, 16 RBI, 28 R, .460 OBP
1B Caden Parker – 23 hits in 72 AB (.319), 8 DB, 21 RBI, 16 R, .443 OBP
2B Brock Malone – 33 hits in 117 AB (.282), 5 DB, 24 RBI, 24 R, .360 OBP
RF Devin Buckhalter – 39 hits in 114 AB (.342), 1 TR, 6 DB, 22 RBI, 24 R, .400 OBP, 14 SB
C Hunter Briles – 14 hits in 49 AB (.286), 8 RBI, .361 OBP
CF T.B. Scott – 25 hits in 113 AB (.221), 3 HR, 2 TR, 4 DB, 22 RBI, 27 R, .321 OBP, 7 SB
Team Pitching: 269.1 IP, 95 ER (2.47 ERA), 220 hits, 227 K, 124 BB, 42 HBP
Projected Pitching Staff
RH Landon Ezzell: 6-3, 2 SV, 1.12 ERA, 56 IP, 36 hits, 52 K, 16 BB, 7 HBP
RH Rudy Fernandez: 6-2, 1 SV, 3.86 ERA, 48.2 IP, 53 hits, 56 K, 19 BB, 5 HBP
RH Caden Parker: 6-2, 1 SV, 1.92 ERA, 50.2 IP, 45 hits, 38 K, 17 BB, 11 HBP
RH Jaret Ward: 4-2, 2 SV, 2.21 ERA, 38.1 IP, 24 hits, 25 K, 26 BB, 9 HBP
RH T.B. Scott: 2-3, 1.96 ERA, 24.2 IP, 25 hits, 17 K, 17 BB
RH Houston Kitterman: 1-1, 2.72 ERA, 17.2 IP, 7 hits, 18 K, 12 BB, 3 HBP
