August 3, 2015 – Kill Devil Hills, NC
Down 3 runs going into the bottom of the ninth, the Outer Banks Daredevils lead off batter, Ryan Creps got things started with a single up the middle, stole second, and scored on an Evan Hanifee double to right field. Chris Childress came to the plate with one out, and crushed a triple in the left center gap that scored Hanifee and brought the Daredevils within one run, then Julio Rosales hit a single to score Childress and tie the game and force extra innings.
In the bottom of the tenth, with the score tied at five, Evan Hanifee came to the plate and hit a walk off single, scoring Cedric Henry, who led off the bottom of the tenth with a double to right center, to secure the game one win. Evan Hanifee reached base four times. He scored two runs and had two RBIs.
Outer Banks Daredevils take game one of the 2015 League Championship Series from the Greenbrier Knights in a come from behind victory.
Despite a strong pitching performance from Knights starter Alan Johnson, who went 7 innings, surrendering only one hit, and no earned runs, while striking out 9, the Greenbrier Knights couldn’t get over the hump.
Matt Carter got the win in relief for Outer Banks Daredevils. Matt Carter pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed no runs.
Tyler Murphy couldn’t get it done on the mound for Greenbrier Knights, taking the loss. He pitched one inning, walked one, struck out one, and allowed one run.
The top of the third saw Greenbrier Knights take an early lead, 3-0. Logan Pingley singled to ignite Greenbrier Knights’ offense, before Robert Lathrop singled, plating Pingley. The scoreboard lit up again for Greenbrier Knights when Bryce Meyers and Robert Lathrop scored on a two-run single by Robbie Depp.
Outer Banks Daredevils scored one run in each of the third, eighth and tenth. In the third, Outer Banks Daredevils scored on an error, scoring Hanifee.
Greenbrier Knights matched its one-run fourth inning with one more in the seventh. In the fourth, Greenbrier Knights scored on an RBI single by Jamison Griffin, bringing home Aj Hunt.
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| August 3, 2015 – LCS Gm1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Greenbrier Knights | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Outer Banks Daredevils | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
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BOX SCORES
Greenbrier Knights
| LINEUP | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Meyers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Robert Lathrop | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Robbie Depp | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Spencer Willis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Toby Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aj Hunt | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Bynum | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Kroll | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamison Griffin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Logan Pingley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Polak | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kyle Zimmerman | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tyler Murphy | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Alan Johnson | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
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Daredevils
| LINEUP | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Creps | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Evan Hanifee | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Logan Quimuyog | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Childress | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Brent West | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Darren Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Denham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Julio Rosales | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Hopkins | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Henry | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Josh Brooks | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cole Mauter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chris Cobb | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Matt Carter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
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Greenbrier Knights
| PITCHING | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Zimmerman | 1.1 | 31 | .613 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Murphy | 1.0 | 22 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alan Johnson | 7.0 | 143 | .524 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.1 | 196 | .536 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 0 |
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Daredevils
| PITCHING | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Brooks | 1.1 | 19 | .526 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cole Mauter | 2.0 | 29 | .655 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Cobb | 5.0 | 82 | .659 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Carter | 1.2 | 23 | .522 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 10.0 | 153 | .621 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 |