Earl Weaver, the Orioles Hall of Fame manager, was famously credited with the timeless baseball addage, "Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher." If the Earl of Baltimore was right, the Reservoir baseball team has put itself in fantastic position to compete for a 3A state championship on Saturday at Ripken Stadium. After the Gators' 12-4 win over Thomas Johnson in the state semifinals Tuesday afternoon, junior ace Cody Morris - the two-time Howard County Pitcher of the Year and a University of South Carolina recruit - is fresh and ready to take the mound on Saturday.
By By Andrew Conrad and aconrad@tribune.com
May 21, 2014