ROANOKE TIMES
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, June 28, 1993                   TAG: 9306280114
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
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TRI-COUNTY TRIPS DANVILLE 14-12

Tri-county Post 145 held off a late-game surge by Danville Post 325 to win 14-12 in an American Legion baseball game Sunday at Phelps Park in Galax.

Danville, which scored seven runs in the eighth and ninth innings, was led by Rashad Waller with two hits and four RBI.

For Tri-county, Kevin DeHaven was 3-for-4 with three RBI, Chad Shaffner had two hits and four RBI and Jeff Spells was 3-for-4 with three runs scored. James Wyatt (1-1) was the winning pitcher.

Tri-county is 4-1; Danville is 1-3.

In other baseball:

Franco Martin drove in the tying run to cap a six-run, seventh inning rally, then scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth as Martinsville Post 42 beat Halifax County Post 8 12-11. In the ninth, Martin doubled, stole third and scored on catcher Terry Meadows' throwing error. Martinsville is 5-1; Halifax, 3-1.

Martinsville's seventh-inning rally was accomplished with two hits, an error, two hit batsmen and three walks.

Martin has reached base 15 of his last 16 at-bats.



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