Box Score | Team Crews Cumulative Stats | Team Johnson Cumulative Stats

CARY, N.C. - The first day at the 2024 13U/14U Athlete Development Program was full of action, seeing stellar performances at the plate and on the mound. Team Crews took advantage of its strong offensive performance to down Team Johnson, 11-1, in eight innings of play.

Although the day featured an immense amount of highlights, it was Cristian Matos who shined at the plate. After battling to a favorable 2-1 count, Matos geared up and uncorked a booming three-run home run to right field to give Team Crews full control in the fifth inning.

Team Crews also demonstrated the depth on its bench, as seven other players tallied at least one RBI. Tristan Gaines and Colin Anderson tacked on most of the runs as they each found themselves crossing the plate twice top help their squad secure an 11-1 win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Team Crews got off to a hot start, plating two runs in the first inning of play courtesy of an Anthony Frausto RBI single and a Mason MacKay sacrifice fly.
• Tyler Early tacked on another run for Team Crews in the fourth inning with a hard-hit RBI single, allowing Gaines to cross the plate and give their squad a 3-0 advantage.
• With two runners on base, Matos blasted a three-run shot over the right field wall to give Team Crews a six-run lead.
• Andrés Armenta followed Matos’ homer with a double down the left field line which would move the score to 7-0.
• Kolotau Koka uncorked the seal for Team Johnson and pushed Austin Coleman across the plate to cut the deficit to six runs in the fifth inning.
• Brantley Baskin and Team Crews responded with a run of their own in the next inning, as Baskin dug his way out of an 0-2 count and delivered an RBI single up the middle.
• Anderson and Levi Kerr both registered RBIs in the seventh inning to put Team Crews up and cap off an 11-1 win.

NOTABLE STATS

• Matos (Team Crews) finished with a game-high three RBIs thanks to his homer in the fifth frame.
• Greyson Bell, of Team Johnson, collected two walks in the contest, which was good for the most in the game.
• Yariel Diaz put forth an impressive performance on the mound by registering five strikeouts for Team Johnson in two innings of work.
• Gaines (Team Crews) tallied the only triple of the contest in the fourth inning, later scoring in the next at-bat.
• Gaines (Crews), Anderson (Crews), and Mason Harris (Johnson) each garnered two hits to lead all batters in the contest.

ABOUT ADP SCORING

USA Baseball utilizes a modified scoring system for its development programs to achieve load management and mitigate potential injuries due to overuse for its youth athletes. Pitchers are subject to a maximum pitch count of 25 per inning during game play. In the event an inning is rolled because a pitcher has reached their maximum pitch count, runners on base may be contributed to the game score. As a result of this system, the final game score may not match the overall statistics.

ON DECK

Team Crews and Team Johnson will square off Friday at 10:00 a.m. on Coleman Field at the National Training Complex for the second of a three-game series. Team Crews looks to build onto a strong start while Team Johnson seeks to enter the win column at the 2024 13U/14U Athlete Development Program.