Bulldogs face another lefty and Appling’s Hale tosses a two-hitter

Posted By on March 24, 2017

For the fourth time in five games the Toombs County Bulldogs faced a left handed pitcher and for the fourth time they took a loss. Elijah Hale threw a two-hitter as Appling County defeated the Bulldogs 7-2 in Baxley. Hale had a no-hitter going for 5 1/3 innings. Dalton McBride ended it with a single to center and then George Lucke followed with a single to left center.

The Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. D.R. Meadows and McBride opened the game by drawing walks and Cole Graham grounded out to short to send Meadows to home plate. Graham hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth to drive in Meadows, who walked with one down in the sixth.

With the wind blowing in from center field, in a big ballpark, the Bulldogs hit 13 balls which were caught in the outfield grass. Center fielder Micah Rentz caught seven of the fly balls.

D.R. Meadows slides into third base
Cole Graham drives in D.R. Meadows with a grounder in the first inning
Cole Graham gets a high five from Kyle Knight
Lane Adams jumps to catch a relay throw
Geore Lucke makes a leaping routine catch in center field
Brock Harrison pitched the first four innings
Trey Cloud took the hill in the fifth
Dalton McBride finished the game
Cole Graham catches his second foul pop up
George Lucke brings in another fly ball
Dalton MCBride fist bumps coach Hunter Adams after breaking up the no-hitter in the sixth
Flash back photo- Dalton McBride drives in the go-ahead run in the 7th in a 5-4 win at Appling in 2015
George Lucke followed Dalton McBride with the second TCHS hit
D.R. Meadows scores the Bulldogs final run

 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Toombs County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2
Appling  County 0 3 0 0 4 0 X 7 7 0
Toombs County
Lineup AB R H RBI BB K
DR MEADOWS 1 2 0 0 2 0
DALTON MCBRIDE 2 0 1 0 1 0
GEORGE LUCKE 2 0 1 0 1 0
COLE GRAHAM 2 0 0 2 0 0
LANE ADAMS 3 0 0 0 0 0
BROCK HARRISON 3 0 0 0 0 0
DALTON LYNN 2 0 0 0 0 1
BRYCE DELOACH 0 0 0 0 1 0
MARTIN STEPHENS 3 0 0 0 0 1
NOAH ANDERSON 3 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 21 2 2 2 5 3
Batting

TB: GEORGE LUCKE, DALTON MCBRIDE
RBI: COLE GRAHAM 2
SF: COLE GRAHAM
SB: DR MEADOWS, DALTON MCBRIDE
CS: GEORGE LUCKE

Totals

Team LOB: 4

Fielding

E
DP: BROCK HARRISON, NOAH ANDERSON, COLE GRAHAM

Appling County
Lineup AB R H RBI BB K
Trey Jones 2 1 0 0 2 0
Zach Baxley 3 1 3 0 0 0
Mica Rentz 4 1 0 0 0 1
Grayson Carter 1 2 0 0 1 0
Jason Amims 4 1 2 2 0 2
Josh Atkinson 3 1 1 1 0 0
Elija Helm 2 0 1 1 1 0
Shawm Brown 0 0 0 1 0 0
Chase Stone 2 0 0 0 0 0
SHAUN BROWN 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 7 7 5 4 3
Batting

2B: Josh Atkinson, Jason Amims
TB: Josh Atkinson 2, Elija Helm, Zach Baxley 3, Jason Amims 3
RBI: Josh Atkinson, Elija Helm, Jason Amims 2, Shawm Brown
SAC: Zach Baxley
SF: Shawm Brown
ROE: Mica Rentz, Trey Jones
HBP: Grayson Carter 2
GIDP: Mica Rentz

Totals

Team LOB: 7

Toombs County
Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
BROCK HARRISON 4.0 59 .627 3 3 2 1 1 0
TREY CLOUD 0.0 20 .450 2 4 3 0 1 0
DALTON MCBRIDE 2.0 27 .481 2 0 0 2 2 0
Totals 6.0 106 .557 7 7 5 3 4 0
Pitching

HBP: BROCK HARRISON, TREY CLOUD
BK: TREY CLOUD
Pitches-Strikes: BROCK HARRISON 59-37, DALTON MCBRIDE 27-13, TREY CLOUD 20-9
Groundouts-Flyouts: BROCK HARRISON 4-7, DALTON MCBRIDE 0-3, TREY CLOUD 0-0
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: BROCK HARRISON 12-18, DALTON MCBRIDE 5-9, TREY CLOUD 2-5

Appling County
Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Elijah Hale 7.0 100 .520 2 2 2 3 5 0
Totals 7.0 100 .520 2 2 2 3 5 0
Pitching

Pitches-Strikes: Elijah Hale 100-52
Groundouts-Flyouts: Elijah Hale 3-14
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Elijah Helm 12-27