Sunday, Apr. 17, 2005 | ||
Bad Links? | After wild game vs. Newnan, Tigers fall to Starrs MillBy MICHAEL BOYLAN Fans of the Starrs Mill and Fayette County High School varsity baseball teams braved a brief, but wild, rain storm and a lightning delay to watch the two county and region 4-AAAAA rivals battle on Wednesday night. They were rewarded with an excellent game between the two teams who entered the game undefeated in the region. When all was said and done, only Starrs Mill could claim that honor as the Tigers were handed their first region loss of the season. The Panthers struck early with Jimmy Tanner driving in a run in the first inning. Kyle McCreary would drive in a run in the second inning and the score would remain 2-0 in favor of Starrs Mill through the third inning. In the top of the fourth inning, Fayette Countys Drew Ward would drive in Brent Moss and pitcher Phillip Robinson would get out of a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the inning by getting Panther pitcher Andrew Robinson and Carter Scurry out to end the inning. In the fifth inning, all three Tiger outs that Andrew Robinson recorded were strikeouts, while Phillip Robinson got the Panthers out with a quick 1-2-3 inning. Rick Williams drove in Ward in the top of the sixth inning to tie the game at 2-2 but Starrs Mill would have a huge inning in the sixth, driving in four runs for the win. Nick Terry started things off with a one out double and Philip Shell drove him home with a double. McCreary doubled Shell home and Robinson doubled McCreary home. Scurry would drive Robinson in for the fourth and final run of the inning. The Tigers went down 1-2-3 at the top of the seventh, picking up their first region loss of the year. Phillip Robinson pitched five and one-thirds of an inning for the Tigers and got two strike outs while giving up 10 hits and walking one. The loss came after a 14-12 win over the Newnan Cougars in nine innings on Monday. Trailing 12-10 in the bottom of the ninth, Fayette won the game after RiChard Davis hit his second home run of the evening and David Owens hit a three run blast for the win. Fayette County will host Mundys Mill on Monday at 5:30 p.m. and will play at Lovejoy at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. |
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