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Staff photo by Ginny SouthworthCONCENTRATION. Midland Valley’s Levi Parker fires a pitch during Monday’s elimination contest against Aiken. Midland Valley ousted Aiken 6-1 and will have a bye into Wednesday's game.tion with a three-run dinger run double into the outfieldMidland ValleyContinued from 1B“The kids knew they had their backs against the wall.” Godwin said. “We came back out here and scored runsearly.”Fielding miscues forced Aiken’s lone run during the fourth inning when Russ Melton crossed home plate during Chris Wharton’s at-bat.While Godwin would prefer more timely hitting, he won’t complain about his team’s pitching effort.Brett Godwin. Parker, Chan-ning Benton and Berendsen combined for the one-hitter.“Pitching has been the key, I’ll definitely say that,” Godwin said.The win propels Midland Valley to a possible berth in the championship game, should Belvedere eliminate Edgefield today at 7. Regardless of that outcome, Midland Valley will have today off to fine tune the offense.“We’re going to work on our batting, Godwin said. “I think that has been our weakest part.”Belvedere, which will meet Edgefield again today started off slowly for the second consecutive day. But Russell Middleton ended that premoni-that scored Craig Butcher and Eddie Smith, who both reached on singles.Butcher would score again in the third when Boykin reached on an error to push Belvedere’s spread to 4-0.Belvedere plated four more runs in the fourth inning after Smith punched a two-and Cody McElhaney lifted an RBI single to left field.The defending champions landed two more runs in the fifth inning when Todd Hatfield and Marty Gantt both scored walks.Mitch Cook, Smith and Gantt combined for the one-hit shutout.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Tue, Jul 10, 2001
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