Tobacco State League Standings after July 19 games
Clinton gives Red Springs the Blues
Red Robins lose two out of three in penultimate regular season series
The Robesonian | Staff Reports | Saturday, July 19, 2025
Mathematically, Red Springs can still win the Tobacco State League regular season. Realistically, that opportunity likely slipped away over the weekend against Clinton.
Clinton took two out of three games against the homestanding Red Robins, and now Red Springs sits two games out with three to play. The Robins are once again struggling to string together hits, much like the early days of the season.
The only player carrying a heavy bat right now is ace pitcher
Dan McSwain, who helped his own cause with a single, double and a run scored in Friday's 5-2 win over the Blues. Otherwise, the Red Springs offense has been mostly anemic.
Red Springs lost Thursday's opener 3-2 and dropped Saturday's finale 5-1.
Here are the final series of the regular season, which will take place from Sunday through Tuesday, July 20-22.
Red Springs at Angier-Fuquay Springs
Sanford at Clinton
Whiteville at Warsaw
Dunn-Erwin at Smithfield-Selma
Lumberton at Rockingham
On paper, Red Springs has the potential to sweep its final series. Angier-Fuquay Springs has lost nine of the last 10 and maybe have thrown in the towel mentally.
But the Robins are pretty battered and bruised right now too.
- No. 3 pitcher Dave Colvin is still day-to-day with back spasms.
- No. 4 pitcher Estevan Hernandez has been out since mid-June with a rotator cuff injury.
- The Robins shut down lefty setup man Matt Brooks for the season because of oblique issues.
- Reliever Dane O'Farrell had a serious asthma attack a few days ago and hasn't been available.
- First baseman and cleanup hitter Steve Bowser has been left off the lineup card for the past three games because of abdominal issues.
- They are just now getting second baseman Mario Sanchez back. He's been limited for more than a month with hamstring woes.
No one is quite sure who will start on the mound in Sunday's series opener in Angier. Dave Colvin is the only starter fully rested, and manager Elijah Crabtree said he was "95 percent" that he's not risking further injury to Colvin with the playoffs on deck.