VA Handicapping the Eastern Regional of the State Tournament

Handicapping the Pitching
Preview of possible pitching match ups for Eastern Regional Tournament

Menchville  (Ethan Carter)       vs    First Colonial  (Jordan Egan)
                                                      Princess Anne  (Greg Tomchick/Dylan Hudson)
                                                      Kempsville (Zach Smith)

Cox (Richie Salter)                 vs      Bethel      (Justin Shively)

Maury   (Coby Cowgill)            vs     Great Bridge (Anthony Stokes)/Western Branch (Nick Thompson)
Indian River  (Dean Ali)          vs     Granby   (Louis Singleton)

Best One, Two on the mound
(some teams not in yet)

1. Menchville       (1SEED)        Ethan Carter and Austin Chrismon
2. Maury              (1SEED)        Coby Cowgill and John Garrett / Brian Bashera / Cameron Parker
3. First Colonial   (not in yet)    Jordan Egan and John Bowman/Buddy Lawson
4. Great Bridge   (not in yet)     Anthony Stokes and Eddie Perkins/Andrew Flaherty
5. Bethel                                  Justin Shivley and Jack Maxey/ Patrick Ryan / Connor Henderson
6. Cox                 (1SEED)         Richie Salter and Ryan Mattes/Chaise Kyriacou
7. Indian River    (1SEED)         Dean Ali and Chris Cartwright/ Howerin
8. Granby                                 Louis Singleton and Greb Abetz
9. Western Branch (not in yet)  Nick Thompson and Matt Batten

By the way Best One Two Pitching Combination in Tidewater

1. Greenbrier Christian          Eddie Butler and Josh Richardson  / Christian McDonald

Some times depth matters more, When it is one and done tournament, teams that can run top level pitcher in, if things go south, have a big advantage.  Teams with only one to one and half really strong arms still can prevail if they get great efforts out of their starter.

Next we will handicap the hitting.