Earwood, Canes blank Patriots

Cartersville pitcher Micah Earwood tossed a complete game two hitter Tuesday night as the Hurricanes beat Sandy Creek, 2-0.

Micah Earwood threw a two-hit shutout Tuesday night as the Purple Hurricanes shutout Sandy Creek at Richard Bell Field, 2-0.

The pitching on both sides was impressive. Earwood struck out 15 and issued only one walk. Sandy Creek pitchers — Jonathan Little and P.J. Green — combined for eight strikeouts and scattered three hits and seven walks.

The game remained scoreless until the Canes struck for two runs in the bottom of the fifth.

Blake Sutton and Jake Brasfield both had two-out, RBI singles in that inning to produce the game’s only runs. Parker McPherson had the only other Cartersville base hit in the third inning.

The loss drops Sandy Creek to 13-7 on the season.

Cartersville, 15-7 and now ranked No. 5 in Class 5A, plays at Ringgold Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. and will square off against Cedartown (Thur, 4pm), Centennial (Fri, 1pm), and Johns Creek (Fri, 7pm) in the annual Battle for Bartow Classic at LakePoint.

COAHULLA CREEK 5, ADAIRSVILLE 4

Coahulla Creek pushed across a game-winning run Tuesday night in the bottom of the eighth inning to edge Adairsville in Whitfield County, 5-4.

Adairsville trailed 4-1 through five innings, but scored three times in the sixth to knot the score at 4-all. The key hits in the inning included an Elijah Padgett two RBI double and an RBI single by Tyler Driggers. The Colts scored their two runs in the eighth on back-to-back singles with a wild pitch allowing the first baserunner to reach scoring position.

Jack Whitley (1.1 IP, 1ER, 2H, 0BB) suffered the pitching loss for the Tigers in relief of the starter, Padgett (5.2 IP, 1ER, 4H, 3H, 3BB, 7K) who fanned seven.

Padgett had two hits including a double and two RBIs. Driggers (RBI), Chris Roper (RBI), Kyler Smith, and Braden Powell added one hit each for the Tigers.

Following their win, Coahulla Creek stands 6-11 overall and 5-3 in Region 6-AAA.

Adairsville (7-11, 2-6) plays a home-and-home region series with Sonoraville Thursday and Friday. The Phoenix host Thursday at 5:55 p.m. and the Tigers host Friday at 5:55 p.m.