WVU Baseball players Colton Sims and Weston Mazey have been spending their summer with the Richmond Flying Mummies of the Northwoods League.
The pair were part of an amazing 4-6-3 defensive play Thursday that looked straight out of a game of Banana Ball. Read more: WVU Baseball players make amazing defensive play in summer league
The play was shared online by Mazey’s mother, Amanda Ross Mazey, on X, and it has accumulated over 19,000 views since being uploaded. The Northwoods League also shared the play.
The Flying Mummies would go on to defeat the Kalamazoo Growlers 18-14.
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The play
Sims and Mazey’s play came when Chase Thomas came up to bat in the top of the seventh for Kalamazoo.
The Growlers were having a phenomenal inning that had seen designated hitter Trevor Johnson hit a three-run homer to cut its deficit in the game to six.
Thomas faced a full 3-2 count in his at-bat and hit a ground ball that traveled to Sims between first and second. After fielding it, Sims saw Mazey coming in and flipped it up to him with the ball still in his glove. Mazey then retrieved it, spun and fired the ball to first baseman Eli Bennett to retire Thomas.
The Flying Mummies then put out the next batter to end the top of the seventh and hold an 18-12 lead.
The remainder of the contest
The bat was also hot for Sims that night, as he led the team in RBI with five. Overall, Sims had three hits, all doubles, in his six at-bats.
Defensively, Sims had three putouts and two assists.
Although he had no hits, Mazey recorded one RBI when fellow Mountaineer product Maxwell Molessa scored on a fielding error. Mazey was walked after Molessa scored and eventually earned a run after a single from Bennett.
Mazey also had one putout and four assists when fielding.
Despite the 18-run victory, no Flying Mummies hit a home run in the contest.
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About Sims and Mazey
Sims and Mazey were both freshmen at WVU this past season. Combined, they made 20 appearances, mostly as pinch runners or late-game substitutions, with Mazey starting one game.
Sims is from Leawood, Kansas, and played at Shawnee Mission East High School. He was ranked the No. 1 third baseman and No. 3 overall player in Kansas in his senior season by Perfect Game.
Mazey is from Morgantown and went to Morgantown High School. He is the son of former WVU head baseball coach Randy Mazey. Mazey was also once a batboy for WVU Baseball in his youth.
The Richmond Flying Mummies are 23-26 with 23 more games left to play this season.
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