High school notebook: Erskine seniors put injury concerns behind them Share Gardiner infielder Noah Reed shares a laugh with Erskine baserunner Nick Barber at second base during a game Tuesday in South China. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal He’s made sure the baseball season’s been a different story. Roughly three months after suffering a torn meniscus that sidelined him for the rest of the winter, Barber is back as the senior leader of the Erskine baseball team. He plays first base and bats cleanup, and drove in the tying run and scored the winning run in Erskine’s 3-2 season-opening victory over Gardiner.