Idol winner McCreery is pitch perfect in his mound debut

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GARNER - Before he won Season 10 of American Idol last spring, Scotty McCreery was a junior varsity high school baseball pitcher. On Saturday, he was on the mound in his first varsity appearance as a senior relief pitcher for Garner High School.

With Garner's Trojans trailing Fuquay-Varina 8-5, the right-handed McCreery came in relief and worked a scoreless seventh inning. Fuquay held on to win the game 8-7.

He struck out his first batter on three curveballs, struck out his second batter, who then reached base due to a dropped third strike and ended the inning on a groundout.

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