Baseball

Bluefield Beats Riverview
Article by  Lykel Collier
Posted 5/7/13

Senior Andrew Siegel threw a one-hitter against River View last evening as the Bluefield Beavers took an 8-1 Senior Night win in their regular season finale over the visiting Raiders. After a scoreless first inning, Bluefield scored a run in the second and another in the fifth, while crossing home plate twice in the third, fourth and sixth frames, taking an 8-0 advantage into the top of the seventh. Siegel had not allowed a hit, or a base on balls, through six innings. The pitcher led off the second, drawing a walk before giving way to courtesy runner Randy Maxey, who scored the contest’s first run on a Trevor Mullins’ single up the middle. Back-to-back walks to right fielder Justin Carter and centerfielder Mariotti to open the third saw them both cross home plate. Carter scored on a Cody Goins single and Mariotti scampered home on a Lineberry fielder’s choice. Mullins was two-for-three, with a pair of RBIs, for the Beavers, while Mariotti, Goins, Lightfoot, Siegel and Carter recorded a safety apiece. Goins and Lineberry knocked in a run each. Siegel finished the game with nine strikeouts. The Beavers, now 10-15, will open sectional play Monday against Pikeview at 6 pm at Bowen Field.

Beaver Baseball Senior Night

Pictures By Lykel Collier and Ms. Gallimore

Beavers Beat G-Men
Article by  Lykel Collier
Posted 5/2/13

In the battle of cross town rivals, the Beavers took the victory on the diamond behind Justin Carter nine strikeouts performance. Carter also had two doubles and two RBIs to lead the Beavers to a 10-3 win over the Graham G-Men, Wednesday at Bowen Field. Logan Lineberry also had two hits, including a double for Bluefield.  Tommy Lovell had two hits and two RBIs, and Spencer Sheets and Logan Kirk each had a hit for the G-Men. The Beavers host River View today at 6 p.m. It will be Senior Night for Bluefield.

Beavers Shut Down Knights
Article by  David Shrewsbury
Posted 5/2/13

Monday started off good for Justin Mariotti who signed at Bluefield State College to golf. Mariotti drove in four runs to help the Beavers secure a 6-0 shutout win over the Mount View Golden Knights. Trevor Mullins pitched the whole game, striking out six batters and allowing four hits. He went 2 for 3 with a double. Marcus Santoro and Justin Lightfoot each had a hit for the Beavers. Bluefield scored all of their runs in two innings. Bluefield plays today at 4 p.m. at Graham.

Bluefield Baseball Renews Rivalry
Article by  David Shrewsbury
Posted 4/26/13

The annual Coppinger Tournament continues today at Bowen Field, and what better match-up is there than a Bluefield vs. Princeton showdown? Bluefield and Princeton haven’t met on the diamond since 2010, and the Beavers would like to forget that game. The Tigers had a very successful day at the plate and handed the Beavers a loss. Today’s game should be quite interesting, though. Princeton is the defending AAA state champions, but they lost all but two starters from last year’s team. At five o’clock, April 22nd, a rivalry renews.

Pikeview Squeezes’ by Bluefield
Article by Lykel Collier
Posted 4/22/13

It was a home game for the Beavers, but being played on the Panthers turf. Trevor Mullins sat PikeView down one-two-three. Bluefield got the scoring started in the second with a double off the fence in right to score Lineberry with the game’s first run. Justin Carter picked up a two-out single to put runners on the corners. Justin Carter then stole for second base and John Maxey singled home both runners to give the Beavers a 3-0 lead. Pikeview answered in third, Scoring 4 runs to give Pikeview a 4-3 lead. Bluefield tied things backed up in the fourth when Justin Mariotti single home John Maxey. Austin Cordell hit a single with the bases loaded to give Pikeview the go head run. Logan Lineberry suffered the defeat in one action as he allowed the game winning run. Trevor Mullins pitched seven innings, allowed four runs on 10 hits and struck out five.

Bluefield Advances To Quarterfinals of Coppinger
Article by Lykel Collier
Posted 4/22/13

Bluefield had 10 out of its 16 hits and scored a combined 11 runs in the fifth and sixth innings to capture a 15-6 win over Montcalm. The Beavers broke it open in the bottom half of inning number five. Justin Lightfoot doubled and scored the go-ahead run on a double by Cody Goins. It gave Bluefield the lead for good at 5-4. The Generals scored twice in the sixth, but Bluefield added five more runs on four hits in the bottom of the sixth. Justin Mariotti went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs. He also picked up the win in relief of starter Logan Lineberry. Trevor Mullens went 3-for-4 and drove in a run; also Justin Lightfoot had two hits, including an RBI double in the sixth. Bluefield will face Princeton in the quarterfinals today at 5:00 pm

Beavers Squeeze by Mavs
Article by Lykel Collier
Posted 4/17/13

The Beavers weren’t pleased when the James Monroe Mavericks scored seven runs in the sixth inning to tie the game with the Beavers 8-8. Instead of getting down, the Beavers got runners on base in the seventh. Logan Lineberry got the timely hit into left field, scoring Justin Mariotti from second base to end the game 9-8. Justin Carter got the nod with the start pitching 5 1/3 innings for Bluefield, striking out six and walking seven. He gave up only three hits but six runs came off him. Freshman reliever Randy Maxey struggled through his first few batters, allowing a three-RBI double to Micah Deskins and a two-run single to Reed McNeer, but got it together and sealed the deal. Bluefield (5-9) plays Pikeview today at Bowen Field.

Beavers Offense Catch Fire in Cold Temperatures
Article by Lykel Collier
Posted 4/8/13

The Beavers played as if spring already began with no winds to take a fashionable manner win over the Mount View Golden knights in five innings 15-1 in their season opener. The Beavers only been able to practice or play outdoors two times due to weather. The Beavers scored in every inning and also 14 hits with only committing one error. The Beavers use two pitchers, R.J. Bourne and Trevor Mullins limited, Mount View to only three base hits the whole game. Both Andrew Sigel and Justin Mariotti went 3 for 4 at the plate, driving 2 pairs of runs each. Cody Goins, Trevor Mullins, and R.J. Bourne recorded two base hits a piece for the Beavers.