Look: Tyshon Patty wins MVP as East beats West in underclassman all-star game
Photos and video by Jamie Spaar
All-star games often escalate into high-scoring affairs, but that didn't happen Tuesday night at Buford High School.
The East-West Underclassmen All-Star Baseball Game evolved into a multiple-pitchers duel, and one of those pitchers delivered the big hit in a 3-2 East win.
Mountain View junior Tyshon Patty rapped a two-out RBI single to break a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the eighth.
It was Patty's second RBI of the night, and he also pitched two innings.
The game saw 15 pitchers combine for 17 strikeouts in the annual matchup pitting the East (Gwinnett, Barrow, Forsyth, Hall and Walton counties) against the West (Cherokee, Cobb and Fulton counties).
Harrison's Jason Walk singled, stole a base and scored and made a spectacular diving catch in center field for West.
East roster
5: Isaiah Abrams, Grayson 1B
12: Ty Bayer, South Forsyth OF/P
10: Braxton Brooks, Walnut Grove OF/P
18: Tyson Brown, Dacula OF
14: Cade Brown, Parkview 3B
16: Conrad Cason, Greater Atlanta Christian 2B/SS
3: Mason Compton, Flowery Branch P
11: Cason Engert, North Forsyth P
13: Caleb Fones, Lanier P
43: Schley Gordy, Wesleyan 3B
8: Tyler Greene, Mountain View P
1: Alex Hernandez, Forsyth Central SS/2B
24: Colin Houck, Parkview SS
2: Adrian Jimenez, Lanier SS/2B
23: Cooper Johnson, Mountain View 1B
22: Nick Lanning, Norcross P
17: Forrest Lietz, Wesleyan OF
20: Ethan Murray, Buford SS/2B
30: Thorpe Musci, Parkview P
21: Tyshon Patty, Mountain View 3B/P
6: Tyler Phillips, Grayson C
29: Davis Roesler, Loganville C
9: Justin Shaffer, West Hall C
34: Kade Smallwood, Flowery Branch 1B
42: Nate Taylor, Buford P
7: Ford Thompson, Parkview P
44: Alex Urias, South Forsyth OF/P
West roster
20: Ethan Crawley, Allatoona IF/P
21: Blake Dean, North Cobb Christian P
5: AJ Demastrie, River Ridge 1B
17: Carson Dougherty, Marietta 3B/P
7: Mattheson Go, North Cobb Christian C
15: Tyson Harmon, Kennesaw Mountain OF/3B
3: Daniel Jackson, North Springs IF/P
19: Peter Jezerinac, Kennesaw Mountain P
11: Noah Johnson, McEachern OF
13: Carson Kerce, Pope IF/P
2: Jackson Marvel, Johns Creek C/3B
46: Kevin Maurer, Woodstock P
18: Chase Meyer, Cherokee P
39: Zac Miller, Hillgrove P/OF
38: Dane Moehler, Walton P
4: Dixon Noland, Lassiter OF
29: Daniel Powell, Fellowship Christian P
1: JD Rediger, River Ridge P/SS
34: Kyle Robitzsch, North Cobb C
23: Kent Schmidt, Pope 3B/1B
31: Eli Simon, North Springs P
10: Collin Strovinskas, Lassiter C
22: Ethan Sutton, Allatoona 3B/P
12: Jason Walk, Harrison 2B/OF
44: Jackson Westmoreland, St. Francis IF/P