AHOSKIE – Ahoskie Post 102 and Clayton Post 71 junior American Legion baseball teams split a double-header here Saturday afternoon as Ahoskie eased by for a 1-0 win in the first game, but fell 16-1 in the nightcap.

In the first game Trent Munford pitched a three-hit shutout and one run was all the support he needed as Post 102 won its fourth game of the season.

Ahoskie scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the first inning. Trevor Lee, Evan Lassiter, and Bradley Edwards all drew base-on-balls with Lee scoring on a wild pitch. That 1-0 lead after the first inning would be all that Post 102 needed in holding Post 71 off the scoreboard for the rest of the game.

Munford gets a complete game victory, going five innings for the win and allowing just three hits.

Ahoskie strung together five hits of their own – all off the bats of just two players. Edward Bradley was 3-for-3, while Frankie Reppy had two hits.

Post 71 bounced back and won the second game, 16-1 to gain a split in the two-game series.

Ahoskie had three hits; one each by Lee, Evan Lassiter, and Zeb Askew.

The twin bill split left Ahoskie at 3-6 and 4-12 overall heading into Sunday’s doubleheader against the Cary Colts.

The Colts won both contests, as Ahoskie was victimized by the ‘one-run-bug’, falling 1-0 and 5-4.

Ahoskie (3-7, 4-14, overall) played two games Wednesday in Windsor (finishing the game begun on June 4, followed by the regularly-scheduled contest; neither game was completed by press-time). Post 102 will close the regular-season with a home date against Perquimans on Friday.