Friday, May 23, 2003
Friday, May 23, 2003 |
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Chiefs rally for split By MONROE
ROARK
(Editor's note: All Thursday games were played after this edition went to press. Results will be posted Friday morning at www.thecitizennews.com as soon as they are available.)
The McIntosh Chiefs baseball team staved off elimination Wednesday night and went into yesterday's Game 3 of the Colquitt County series looking to move into the AAAAA state quarterfinals. After losing 10-0 in the first game of a doubleheader, the Chiefs fell behind 6-1 in the second game before roaring back with a 10-run sixth inning to take the nightcap 11-6 and force the extra game. "The scouting reports were right [about Colquitt County]," said McIntosh head coach Toby Black. "They're a good offensive team." Colquitt County needed only eight hits in the first game, even though McIntosh only made two errors and starter Drew Grant pitched fairly well. "They got timely hitting, and they hit it hard," said Black. "They got at least three doubles down the line at third base." The battery got the job done for Colquitt County, with a left-handed pitcher keeping the Chiefs' hitters off balance and a catcher who clobbered two homers, driving in four runs. McIntosh managed four hits in the game. Colquitt County threw another lefthander at the Chiefs in the nightcap and picked up four runs in the first inning off McIntosh starter John King. They got one more run off King and a run off reliever Tim Battle before the Chiefs' 10-run explosion. Since McIntosh was the home team in Game 2, there was no need to bat in the seventh. Aside from just winning the game, McIntosh got additional dividends that could pay off in Game 3, as Colquitt County's pitchers were forced to work extra hard during the lengthy sixth-inning parade of runs. "We tried all night to get deep into their pitching staff, and we finally did," said Black, noting that two different pitchers for Colquitt County threw a lot of pitches in Game 2. Meanwhile, Black planned to start Ryan Schwartz in Game 3, after he only pitched two innings in Wednesday's first game. Black said that he felt comfortable with the arms he had left going into the final game compared to what Colquitt County had to use Wednesday. In other action relating to local teams, East Coweta advanced to the AAAAA quarterfinals with a sweep of Lee County, winning 8-6 and 4-0. Also in AAAAA, Fayette County lost its first game Wednesday to Eagle's Landing 7-2, and the second game was washed out. A doubleheader was scheduled for yesterday. In AAAA, Sandy Creek split with Crisp County, losing 9-3 in the first game and winning 9-8 in the second game. Game 3 was scheduled for yesterday. The results were similar for Landmark in the A bracket, with a 2-0 loss followed by a 5-4 win over Temple, forcing a third game yesterday.
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