Springville bests rival Moody, 5-1

By Johnny Sanders Sports Editor

MOODY

– On Tuesday night, Springville and Moody renewed their rivalry on the diamond at Moody High School.

The Blue Devils were riding high after 3 consecutive wins while Springville was reeling from going 0-2 in a double-header at Arab on Saturday. However, the Tigers were not interested in the past. They were looking forward and beating their biggest rival was in their crosshairs. They did not miss.

The first inning was scoreless as pitchers Brady Gillespie (Springville) and Bryant Hardin (Moody) went toe to toe to start the game out with no runs for either team.

Springville, however, would explode in the second inning, scoring 4 of their 5 total runs. The first came when Zach Brown was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, bringing Brady Gillespie to the plate for the first run of the game. Tanner Oakes would hit a single up the middle to drive in Kade Willis and Carter Samuelson, making it 3-0 Tigers with 2 outs in the second inning. Asa Morrison singled next to bring in Brown and make it 4-0 before a Jacob Bailey line drive was caught by Moody’s Kolby Seymour to stop the bleeding and end the inning with Springville in the lead 4-0.

Moody would find no success in the third and Springville would get just one run in the