Hilton Head Prep defeats Calhoun 5-0 in first game of SCISA Class 2-A finals

It’s hard to call a 5-0 game a pitching duel.

But Calhoun Academy Coach Bill Spiers described Monday’s opening-round loss in the SCISA Class 2-A best-of-three state championship series as just that.

Hilton Head Prep’s Tyler Fox struck out 11 and scattered five CA hits to get the win. He pitched “a great game,” Spiers said.

Cavalier pitcher Will Spiers (6-3) was nearly as good in six innings of work, striking out 12. But timely hits by HHP produced two runs in the fifth and another run in the sixth.

“It was apparent whoever scored first was going to win,” Spiers said. “Their pitcher was just on. We never could get anything going.”

HHP did not record a hit until the fifth. A single and double were followed by a single that scored two runs.

In the sixth, a lead-off double was followed by a two-out double that made the score 3-0.

HHP’s Fox homered with a runner on in the seventh off CA reliever Kyle Gray to push the margin to 5-0.

“They got timely hits and we didn’t,” Spiers said.

The two teams meet again Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Hilton Head Prep (23-9). Robert Lewis, 6-2, will start for CA (17-7), the defending state champs.

This story was originally published May 16, 2016 at 10:09 PM with the headline "Hilton Head Prep defeats Calhoun 5-0 in first game of SCISA Class 2-A finals."