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By Brian Pitts
Enterprise Record

Davie’s JV baseball team made all three of the game’s errors against visiting East Forsyth on April 9, but it didn’t matter because Ian Patton and Levi Block were fantastic on the mound in a 3-1 victory.
Offensively, Carter Cornett and Easton Sanders stood tall as Davie improved to 10-6.
Patton, a sophomore, gave up one unearned run and two hits in five innings. He walked one and struck out five.
“He’s been throwing really well,” varsity coach Joey Anderson said. “He throws a lot of strikes, he makes them put balls in play, keeps his pitch count down and he mixes it up. That’s why he’s able to go quite a few innings.”
Credit should also go to reliever Block, a freshman who struck out four in two scoreless innings.
“He’s not a hard thrower, but he mixes his curveball with a little slider, and he throws a two-seam fastball that is beneficial to him, too,” Anderson said after his pitchers combined for a three-hitter.
Davie got on the board in the first inning. Singles by Cornett, Sanders and Noah Potts loaded the bases for Taylor Shenberger, who provided a 1-0 lead with the fourth hit of the inning.
Davie used the same formula to double the lead in the second. After Tay Settecasi, Cornett and Blake French put together hits to load the bases, Sanders plated one with a hit. In the fifth, Sanders walked and scored on a Preston Young double that capped the scoring.
Cornett, a freshman batting second in the order, went 2 for 4. Sanders, a freshman batting cleanup, went 2 for 2 with a walk.
“Carter’s done really well,” Anderson said. “We had to change a couple things with his swing to try to add a little bit more power. He throws right and hits left, and it’s nice to have that left-handed bat in there. He can drive the ball and he uses both sides of the field. Yeah, he’s swinging it really well right now.
“Easton’s a typical three-hole guy. Sometimes he swings a little bit too hard for my liking, but he’s learning not to try to take everything deep. He has swung the bat really well with runners in scoring position. He steps up a notch and gets the big knock with people in scoring position.”
Davie gave East a chance to change the game in the seventh. Two errors and a walk filled the bags with two outs. But Block induced a popout to catcher Landon Welch to end the game.
Notes: Davie outhit East 10-3, including a single from Tanner Steinour. “We’ve been swinging the bats with runners in scoring position, and we run the bases pretty well,” Anderson said. … This was Davie’s second win over East; the other 11-2 on March 21.