Ryan Atkinson gave Steinbrenner High a lead two pitches into the game, and the Warriors never looked back in Tuesday's 9-4 victory at Robinson.
Atkinson's first high school home run sparked an early outburst by the Warriors (6-1), who scored five through the first two innings and held a 9-1 lead in the fourth.
"We were glad to score a lot of runs the first few innings," said Atkinson, who was 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs. "That was the game plan."
The top of Steinbrenner's order did most of the damage. In addition to leadoff man Atkinson, No. 2 hitter Stone Ramsey (2-for-3, two runs, RBI) and No. 3 Chad Witkowski (3-for-3, three RBIs) also had big nights at the plate.
"We'd been getting real good pitching in a lot of our games, and today I think our hitting came through," Steinbrenner coach John Crumbley said. "It was a good first game of the week, and hopefully we can continue to get effort on Friday and Saturday."
Conner Rafferty hit a two-run homer in the fourth to lead the Knights (2-4).
Jefferson blanks rival Spoto, 10-0
After consecutive one-run losses, Jefferson bounced back in emphatic fashion, coming to life with the bats and limiting district rival Spoto to two hits in a 10-0 victory that was shortened to four innings.
Jefferson starter Corbin Olmstead allowed one hit and struck out four in three innings.
Chris Ciocia preserved the shutout with two scoreless innings, allowing one hit.
Jimmy Herget hit a three-run homer for Jefferson (4-2), and Kevin Cruz added a two-run shot. Dennis Lopez contributed a run-scoring double.
Spoto fell to 1-7.
Jarrett Guthrie
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