Davis mows down AAs; Will AAA be next?

Coaches hail performance; 9-year-old reminds them of Mike Scott or Craig Swan

By DICK YOUNG

Daily News Sports Writer

METUCHEN – Tommy Davis displayed gritty determination Saturday as he set down the despondent but easygoing AAs 1-2-3 in the game’s second inning.

No one is quite sure who won the game because the scoreboard hasn’t been turned on since game three.

However, Davis proved to be a perfect follow-up to Nicky Loffredo, who also hurled a perfect 1-2-3 first inning.

Davis threw the ball right down the middle, inspired by Jim “Catfish” Hunter’s belief that walks make more runs than solo home runs. Or something like that.

The only distraction came from the audience, when Davis’ 1-year-old sister, Anna Shae Davis, made repeated demands for pretzels.

Davis’s dad also made a nuisance of himself by nearly hitting people in the opposing dugout with that too-long telephoto lens that looks like an aardvark’s nose.

Davis’s dad, however, was soon out of his young protégé’s hair when he was asked to spin Jonathan Davis and Jay Harry on the tire swing.