Cartersville wins at Woodland; Adairsville completes two-game sweep of North Murray
Cartersville baseball built a 7-0 lead heading into Woodland’s final offensive frame and held on to defeat the Wildcats Tuesday night at Woodland, 7-4.
Woodland took advantage of a hit batsman, an outfield error, an infield error, two singles and a double in the bottom of the seventh to score four runs. Geoffrey Gore was brought in to pitch for the Canes in the inning and ended the threat with a groundout and a strikeout.
The Hurricanes built their lead with a run in the first, three more in the fourth, and single runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings.
Jake Brasfield (triple, 2 RBIs), Curt Bonner (two doubles, one RBI), and Jacob Ray had two hits each for Cartersville. Caleb Daniel and Blake Sutton (sac fly) both finished with one hit and one RBI apiece. Hank Smith contributed one RBI with a sacrifice fly.
Rowan Billings had two hits including a double and two RBIs. JaKiyon Porter, Jacob Gravett, Austin Sanders (RBI), Zach Lambert, and Mason Williams contributed one hit each for Woodland.
Austin Sanders (3 IP, 4R, 3ER, 5H, 2BB, 2K) received the pitching loss for the Wildcats. Ayden Ray (2 IP, 2ER, 2H, 4BB, 1K) and Billings (2 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H, 1K) also pitched for Woodland.
Ryan Johnson (4.1 IP, 0R, 4H, 2BB, 4K) picked up the pitching victory for Cartersville. Phillip Schiltz (1.2 IP, 0R, 1BB, 2K), Tyler Williamson (0.1 IP, 4R, 3ER, 3H, 1K), and Gore (0.2 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 1K) pitched in relief for the Purple Hurricanes.
Woodland (7-9, 0-4 Region 7-5A) and 3rd-ranked Cartersville (9-3, 2-0) continue their three-game series Friday at 5 p.m. with a doubleheader at Cartersville’s Richard Bell Field.
ADAIRSVILLE 16, NORTH MURRAY 3
The Adairsville Tigers improved to 2-0 in Region 6-AAA Tuesday night with a 16-3 win and a two-game season sweep of the North Murray Mountaineers in Chatsworth.
Adairsville actually trailed 2-1 through three innings, but compiled 15 runs over their final four offensive frames to pull away with the win. The Mountaineers also contributed to the onslaught by committing six errors in the contest.
Tyler Driggers had three hits including a solo home run in the fifth inning, a grand slam in the sixth inning, and seven RBIs to lead the Tigers offense. Chris Roper followed with two hits and one RBI. Peyton Bowen finished with a double and two RBIs. Braden Powell (2 RBIs), Jack Whitley (double, RBI), Evan Sanders (RBI), Dawson Craig, and Brenden Carroll (double) added one hit apiece.
Carroll (4.2 IP, 3ER, 6H, 2BB, 2K) pitched into the fifth inning to collect the Tigers’ win on the mound. Jack Nelson (2.1 IP, 0R, 1H, 2BB, 5K) closed out the final seven outs.
The loss drops North Murray to 4-10 overall and is 0-4 in Region 6-AAA.
Adairsville (7-4, 2-0) hosts Murray County Thursday at 5:55 p.m. and will play the Indians in Chatsworth Friday at 5:55 p.m.
BLESSED TRINITY 11, CASS 3
The 6th-ranked Blessed Trinity Titans needed only five hits, but took advantage of eight walks and three Colonels’ errors to win at Cass Tuesday night, 11-3.
Blessed Trinity scored seven runs in the top of the second inning to take an early commanding lead. Cass narrowed the margin to 7-3 in the bottom of the third, but the visiting Titans added a run to their lead in the fourth and posted three more insurance runs in the seventh for an eight-run victory.
Hayden Cole led off the Colonels’ third inning with a double. Devan Hutchinson drove in the first Cass run later in the inning with a groundout and Aidan Larkin hit a two-run home run after Jesiel Moctezuma reached on an error.
Blessed Trinity pitchers Jake Lankie and Carson Taggart combined to limit the Colonels to only two hits. Lankie struck out nine in five innings. All six outs recorded by Taggart were by strikeout.
Chase Botts (2 IP, 7R, 5ER, 4H, 3BB, 1K) started on the mound for Cass and suffered the pitching loss. Cayden Roberts (3 IP, 1R, 0ER, 0H, 1BB, 2K) and Hutchinson (2 IP, 3ER, 1H, 4BB) pitched in relief for the Colonels.
Blessed Trinity (10-6, 4-0 Region 7-5A) will host a doubleheader with Cass (4-12, 3-1) Friday at 5 p.m. to continue this three-game series.
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