Indians Fall in Extra Inning-State Playoffs in Jeopardy
The Stephens County Indians baseball team lost at home to the Hart County Bulldogs Tuesday night in extra innings 7-5.
After trailing most of the game, the Indians battled back to score two runs and tie the game in the bottom of the 7th Inning on a sacrifice fly by William Roush and a Hart County error. But in the top of the 8th inning, Hart County scored two runs on wild pitches to take the victory.
William Roush got the Indians within striking distance in the 5th inning with an RBI double that drove in Ben Stowe to make the score 5-3. Both Stowe and Garrett Pless led the Indians with 3 hits each. Nick Randall pitched 5 and 1/3 innings giving up 3 hits and striking out 5.
Stephens County out-hit Hart County 11- 6, but the Indians left 11 men on base.
With the win, Hart County is now tied with Stephens County for fourth place in Region 8-AAA with a 3-7 record. The Indians overall record drops to 12 & 11.
The two teams will meet again on Thursday for a doubleheader in Hartwell with the first game starting at 5 P.M. Those games were supposed to be played Friday but were moved up to Thursday to avoid possible bad weather. Airtime on WNEG Thursday will be at 4:45 P.M.