Bartow County Little League 10U falls in state opener; Bartow Senior softball team earns split
The 10U Bartow County Little League team stayed close until the end, but it was Warner Robins 10U with a three-run, top of the sixth inning to pull away for a 6-3 win in both teams’ opening game at the Georgia 10U state championship tournament.
The 2021 tournament for 8-10 year-olds is being hosted by Martinez-Evans Little League just outside of Augusta at Crawford Creek Park.
Bartow County held an early lead with single runs in both the bottom of the first and second innings, but Warner Robins chipped away with single runs of their own in the second, third, and fourth frames to take a 3-2 lead.
Both offenses went scoreless in the fifth inning before Warner Robins grabbed a 6-2 lead in the sixth.
Bartow 10U threatened in their half of the final inning and even loaded the bases after scoring a run to narrow the margin to 6-3. A groundout, however, ended the threat and the locals suffered an opening round three-run loss.
Bartow utilized five different pitchers in the loss. Cade McCorkle was tagged with the pitching loss in relief of starter MJ Raughton. McCorkle, who gave up only one earned run on three hits and did not walk a batter, took the mound in the fourth and worked into the sixth inning.
Raughton allowed two runs (only one earned) on four hits and two walks. He struck out five. Prior to McCorkle taking over, Noah Rogers struck out the only batter he faced to close out the third inning.
Bartow reliever Houston Walden was touched for three earned runs on four hits in the sixth inning. Brodie Gardner hit a batter, but got a come-backer to end the Warner Robins’ sixth.
McCorkle had a pair of hits for Bartow including a triple. Rogers had a hit, a walk, and two RBIs. Logan Smith, who also stole a base, contributed a double and a walk to the Bartow attack. Gardner and Walden both chipped in with one hit apiece. Will Whitman swiped a pair of bases.
Bartow 10U will play in an elimination game Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. against Franklin County.
BARTOW COUNTY SENIOR LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL SPLITS TWO GAMES SATURDAY AT STATE TOURNAMENT
The Bartow County Senior Little League softball team (13-16 year-old) split a pair of games Saturday at the Georgia Senior Little League state tournament hosted by Oconee County Little League in Watkinsville.
Bartow Senior softball fell to Vine Ingle in their first round game, but picked up a win in their second game against the Warner Robins American.
Bartow now has a rematch against Vine Ingle Sunday at 2:15 p.m. in an elimination game. A win would advance Bartow to the finals against West Point at 4:15 p.m. The Bartow team would also need a win in that game to force an “if needed game” in the finals that would be played Monday night at 7 p.m.
Information for local Little League softball and baseball updates along with updates from Georgia Recreation and Parks Association baseball and softball tournaments are provided by the Cartersville and Bartow County Recreation Departments and the respective Little League Baseball and Softball organizations. The updates are presented by CiCi's of Cartersville located in the Cherokee Crossing shopping center.
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