Carson senior Maverick Walters. Brian Wilhite photo.
By Mike London
Salisbury Post
CHINA GROVE — Odd things happen in baseball, which is why Carson senior Maverick Walters, who has been a tough-to-hit lefty pitcher for a long time, is most famous for a game that he lost.
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Walters was on the bump at Staton Field in the second round of the 3A state playoffs last May.
Walters had the game’s only RBI and was shutting out East Rowan 1-0, but he challenged East star Harrison Ailshie with a high fastball leading off the bottom of the seventh. Ailshie got all of it, and his bomb tied the game. The Mustangs went on to