Historically for the Toombs County Bulldogs to defeat Appling County, in Baxley, it takes a monumental team effort. Unfortunately, the Dawgs didn’t come up with one of those in a 14-4 six inning loss on Friday night. The 0-3 Bulldogs will play host to Brantley County for a doubleheader which begins on Saturday at 11 a.m. on Y-101 Radio and Mixlr with Bryce Braddy on the play-by-play call.
In prior Dawg wins at Baxley. In 2015 Dalton McBride singled to right field to drive in the go-ahead run as Toombs scored eight runs in the seventh inning in a 10-6. In 2011 Blake Butcher hit two doubles and Brian Jernigan drove in the game-winning run, in the eighth, with a swinging bunt which scored Ryan Davis in a 13-12 victory and the season before Javec King struck out 13 batters and allowed only three hits, in his six innings of work on the mound as the Dawgs ruled 13-6.
In the 2018 game the Bulldogs spotted the Pirates three runs in the first inning on no hits. In the second inning two Appling singles and a walk loaded the bases and a second walk plated the the Pirates fourth run.
TCHS scored it’s first run in the top of the third. Kyle Knight and Noah Anderson each walked with Knight scoring on a Brock Harrison base hit. Brock is off to a 4-for-10 start on the season.
With one down in the fourth the Bulldogs loaded the bases. Willie Campbell walked, McBride stroked a base hit and Knight walked for a second time. An Anderson grounder scored two runs and Chandler Lynn tied the game at 4-all with a grounder to third base.
The game began slipping away from the Bulldogs in the bottom of the fourth. Shannon Brown hit a two-run homer over the left field fence to put the Pirates up 6-4. The Pirates scored three more in the fourth, three in the fifth and two in the sixth.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toombs County | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Appling County | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | X | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Toombs County
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHANDLER LYNN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TREY CLOUD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BRYCE DELOACH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BROCK HARRISON | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MARTIN STEPHENS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| COLE GRAHAM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| WILLIE CAMPBELL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DALTON MCBRIDE | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KYLE KNIGHT | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| NOAH ANDERSON | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
Appling County
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEW POBLETE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| EASON PRICE | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MICAH RENTZ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| SHAWN BROWN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| JASON AMMONS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| JOSH ATKINSON | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| #4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIJAH HALE | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CHASE STONE | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JAMES JONES | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| #21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
Toombs County
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN STEPHENS | 1.0 | 43 | .372 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| KYLE KNIGHT | 2.1 | 40 | .425 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| BRYCE DELOACH | 0.2 | 30 | .433 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| DALTON LYNN | 1.0 | 19 | .579 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BRANDON DENNIS | 0.0 | 7 | .714 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHASE MUSSLEMAN | 0.0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 5.0 | 139 | .446 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
Appling County
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIJAH HALE | 4.0 | 81 | .630 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| JOSH ATKINSON | 2.0 | 31 | .581 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 6.0 | 112 | .616 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 |