After opening the season with a 35-point first quarter explosion last week against Waynesboro, Western Albemarle took a little longer getting started Friday night against visiting Turner Ashby.

Buoyed by a narrow defeat in a previous meeting, the Western Albemarle baseball team was full of confidence heading into Wednesday night’s matchup with defending Group AA champion Turner Ashby. It took all of five batters for that optimism to evaporate.