Tigers drop season finale at Bremen, finish third in Region 6-AAA

The Adairsville Tigers lost their regular season finale at Bremen Thursday night 4-3 but will retain their No. 3-seed from Region 6-AAA when the state playoffs begin next Monday,

Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe held a tie-breaker advantage with the Tigers heading into their final game Thursday night with Coahulla Creek but lost to the Colts 2-0 and will place fourth.

Ringgold went undefeated in region play and earned the league's No. 1 seed. Gordon Lee placed second with a 10-4 region record.

Adairsville scored first Thursday and led 1-0 in the top of the third inning on an RBI single by Chris Roper. Bremen answered, however, scoring twice in the bottom of the frame.

The Blue Devils added a run in the fifth to go up 3-1 but a pair of runs by the Tigers in the top of the sixth knotted the score at 3-all.

Bremen took the lead for good in the bottom of the sixth with a leadoff triple and a sacrifice fly.

Adairsville got the potential tying run on base with a walk in the top of the seventh but otherwise went quietly to end the game.

Jack Nelson (5 IP, 3R, 2ER, 4H, 4BB, 3K) limited the Blue Devils to only two earned runs but received no decision. Jack Whitley (1 IP, 1ER, 1H) suffered the pitching loss for the Tigers in relief.

Three Tigers had two hits apiece including Roper (double, RBI), Peyton Bowen, and Luke Altizer (double, RBI). Tyler Driggers and Nelson added one hit each.

Bremen improved to 16-10 overall but will finish 7-7 in region play and miss the playoffs.

Adairsville finishes the regular season with a 16-11 record and a 9-5 region mark. The Tigers placed third in the league and will open the Class AAA state playoffs next Monday in a best-of-three series at Carver-Atlanta.

The first-round series begins with a doubleheader Monday (time TBA). If a third game is needed at Carver-Atlanta, it will be played Tuesday.