DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Dawson County scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to take the lead and hold on for a crucial 5-2 Region 7-3A win at Lumpkin County on Thursday.
The win lifts the Tigers (12-7, 8-3 Region 7-3A) into a tie for second place in the region standings. The Tigers will go for the sweep against the Indians (15-4, 8-3 Region 7-3A) on Friday at home.
Banks Hickman earned the win on the mound for the Tigers, allowing seven hits, no earned runs and four strikeouts in the complete-game performance.
Dawson County's big seventh inning started with a Jacson Rickett double; to left field, followed by a Sawyer Bearden reaching on an error, and C Rucker reached on a bunt to load the bases with no outs.
Two batters later, with the game tied 2-2 and Davis Glass at the play, Cooper Scott balked, allowing Rickett to score the go-ahead run, 3-2. Glass then ripped a line drive to right field to push Bearden home for a 4-2 lead.
The Tigers added the fifth run when Elijah Odom's fly ball was dropped in right field, sending Rucker across the plate for a 5-2 advantage.
Dawson County faced four batters in the bottom of the seventh, sitting three down on fly balls to secure the win.
Odom and Bearden were 2-for-4 to lead the Tigers at the plate. Lumpkin County's Hayden Gilbert was 2-for-3.
WESLEYAN 9,
WHITE COUNTY 1
Wesleyan scored nine runs across the first three innings to roll past White County on Thursday in Cleveland.
The Wolves scored two in the first, three in the second and four in the third.
White County scored its lone run in the third inning off a Joseph Bowles solo home run.
Schley Gordy was 2-for-3 with three RBIs, including a two-run homer in the second inning.
NEW CREATION CHRISTIAN 10,
LANIER CHRISTIAN 9
Lanier Christian's rally fell short in the one-run loss to New Creation Christian on Thursday.
LCA (8-4) fell behind 3-1 in the 3rd inning on a three-run homer and trailed 6-2 in the fifth inning before they put together a 7-3 run to close the gap, 10-9.
The Lightning had bases loaded in the seventh but couldn't bring the winning runs home.
Camden Hohman, Carter Raulerson and Isaac Dinn combined for nine strikeouts and gave up six hits in the loss
The Lightning started slow but exploded for 14 total hits. Hohman went 3-for-5 at the plate with a three-run home run. Carter Raulerson was 2-for-2, Gavin Strabala was 2-for-3, and Drew Kalinauskas finished 2-for-4. Tres Criste, Isaac Dinn, Joshua Waymack, and Quinn Winfrey added hits. Barry Waymack added a solo home run.
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