Driggers' walk-off single lifts Tigers to region win

Tyler Driggers’ ground ball RBI single scored Easton Elrod Thursday night in the bottom of the seventh to lift the Adairsville Tigers to a 4-3 walk-off win over region foe Murray County. Adairsville led 1-0 in the fourth inning on Evan Sanders’ RBI single, but the Indians grabbed a 3-1 lead the next inning with just one hit.

Following a single to start their fifth inning, Murray County tied the game with a hit batsman and an infield error. Two wild pitches and two walks later, the Indians had knotted the score at 3-3.

After a scoreless sixth inning, Adairsville relief pitcher Peyton Bowen worked a scoreless top of the seventh to set up the Tigers’ walk-off heroics.

Bowen (1 IP, 0R, 1H, 2K) collected the pitching win with his inning of relief. Jack Whitley (6 IP, 3R, 0ER, 3H, 4BB, 7K) started on the mound for Adairsville.

Chris Roper had two hits and two RBIs for the Tigers. Driggers and Sanders finished with one hit and one RBI each. Dawson Craig added one hit.

Murray County (1-11, 0-5) and Adairsville (8-4, 3-0) play again Friday in Chatsworth.