Harris County's rally comes up short against Chapel Hill

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. -- Harris County made another furious rally, but the Lady Tigers came up short 5-4 against Chapel Hill in Game 3 of their Class AAAAA state playoff series.

Harris County, which scored five runs in the seventh inning of Game 2 to earn a split on Wednesday, fell behind 5-0 after two innings Thursday.

Carson Anderson hit a two-run homer in the fourth to cut the deficit to three, 5-2.

Lilly Hooper hit a two-run homer in the seventh as the Lady Tigers closed to with one, 5-4.

Ashley Morgan and Savannah Sikes hit homers for Chapel Hill.

Thursday at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill 230 0000 0 --5 4 4

Harris County 000 200 2 --4 5 3

WP--Ashley Morgan. LP--Brooke Wakenigg. Hitting leaders--Harris County Lilly Hooper 2-4, HR, 2RBI; Brooke Wakenigg 1-3; Carson Anderson 1-4, HR, 2RBI. Records--Harris County 20-15. Chapel Hill 28-3. Next--Harris County, season over.

This story was originally published October 22, 2015 at 10:58 PM with the headline "Harris County's rally comes up short against Chapel Hill ."