Look: Brayden Davis, Kevin Maurer pitch shutouts to lift Woodstock to its first baseball state championship

Michael Preiser stars on offense, going a combined 4-for-5 with 4 RBIs in the Wolverines' 5-0 and 4-0 wins over Etowah in the 7A title series.

Author:
Mike Swanson, SBLive Sports
Updated:
May 21, 2022 10:17 AM EDT
Original:
May 21, 2022

Photos and video by Willie Prince

Etowah entered the Class 7A state championship series as one of the best hitting teams in the state regardless of classification.

Woodstock left-handers Brayden Davis and Kevin Maurer silenced those bats all night Friday at Truist Park.

Davis pitched a one-hit shutout in Game 1, giving up his only hit in the seventh to Etowah's Jackson Chirello, and Maurer followed that up with a four-hit shutout.

Woodstock won 5-0 in Game 1 and 4-0 in Game 2 to lift the Wolverines' first state championship trophy in program history.

Michael Preiser was the offensive MVP in both games, going a combined 4-for-5 with a double, triple, four RBIs, a walk and two runs scored.

Mark May's squeeze bunt scored Preiser to get the offense going in the fifth inning of Game 1 in what had been a pitchers duel between Davis and Etowah's Dimitri Angelakos.

Kameron Douglas and Logan Bryson hit back-to-back RBI doubles in the first to get Woodstock going early in Game 2.

Davis struck out seven and walked two in his Game 1 shutout, while Maurer struck out eight and walked none in his.