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Northeast Eagles Baseball beats Beech Buccaneers 8-2 in Good Day to Play Tournament

Northeast High School EaglesClarksville, TN – The Northeast Eagles are one of nine teams participating in this season’s Good Day to Play baseball tournament this weekend, hosted by Dickson County and Creek Wood High Schools.

The Eagles soared to an 8-2 victory over the Beech Buccaneers in the tournament Friday, April 18th. The took the lead by scoring two runs in the first inning. By the fourth they were up 5-2 and never looked back.

Northeast defeats Beech 8-2 during Good Day to Play Tournament (Michael Rios Clarksville Sports Network)
Northeast defeats Beech 8-2 during Good Day to Play Tournament (Michael Rios Clarksville Sports Network)

Northeast’s Evan Frawley picked up his fifth win of the season. He pitched a complete game with three strike outs.

Beech’s Jacob Grava got the loss, also pitching a complete game.

Devin Runkle had the hot bat, leading the Eagles offense with 3 RBI. He was one of three Eagles’ batters with an RBI in the game. Runkle batted 2-for-3.

Ben Wilford hit 1-for-2 with 2 RBI and Luke Veltri went 1-for-3 with an RBI double.

Trevor Milliken had the only RBI for the Buccaneers. Milliken batted 1-for-2 with an RBI double.

The win improved the Eagles to 19-6-1. The Buccaneers fall to 12-13.

The tournament concludes Saturday, April 19th.

Box Score

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Beech Buccaneers 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 5
Northeast Eagles 2 0 1 2 0 3 x 8 7 4
Marlon Scott
Marlon Scott
Marlon Scott is a freelance journalist and writer. He graduated from Austin Peay State University in 2011 with a B.S. in Communications, majoring in Communication Arts with a concentration in print and web journalism. His writing career began as a sports writer for The All State, the APSU student newspaper, in 2006. He continued working for the paper until his graduation, serving in various positions including Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. In 2010, Scott contributed stories and photographs as well as designed and served as Editor-in-Chief for the monograph, Civic Art of Clarksville: The stories behind the pieces. Scott has also produced 60 stories for The Leaf Chronicle. You can find him on twitter @theMarlonScott and on Facebook
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