High school roundup: Kendrick rallies in 7th for win
Pinch-hitter Lewis Wright drew a bases-loaded walk to cap a five-run bottom of the seventh inning as Kendrick rallied to beat Southwest-Macon 9-8 on Friday afternoon.
Brady Pitts doubled to lead off the inning, Austin Greathouse singled him in. Anthony Garrett had a two-run single to draw the Cherokees within one, 8-7.
Tamil Gallimore hit a bases-loaded single to tie the game.
Friday at Kendrick
Southwest | 000 | 520 | 1 | — | 8 | 10 | 3 |
Kendrick | 000 | 220 | 5 | — | 9 | 15 | 3 |
WP: Anthony Garrett Jr. 2-4. LP: Timonte’ Lee. Top hitters: Southwest-Macon Omoro Willis 3-4, 4RBI. Kendrick John Adams Jr. 2-4; Brady Pitts 3-3, 2B, 2R; Austin Greathouse 3-4, R, 2RBI; Eric Newman 2-4, 2B, 3R; Sean Mapson 1-3, 2R; Anthony Garrett 2-4, R, 3RBI; Tamil Gallimore 2-4, 2RBI. Records: Kendrick 8-9, 5-5 Region 2-3A. Next: Kendrick, home vs. Westside, Tuesday, 4:30 p.m.
Northside 9, Shaw 1
Alex Royal doubled in a pair of runs in a five-run second inning as Northside beat Shaw 9-1 on Friday in a RFegion 1-5A game.
The Patriots (11-4, 7-2) are second in the region behind Columbus (6-1).
Sam Kyte picked up the win, going six innings and allowing just an unearned run on four hits. He struck out five.
Tyler Pace and Marcus Eberhart had two hits apiece. Eberhart also had two RBIs.
Kaleb Pdger drove in the Raiders’ lone run. Wesley Johnson had two hits.
Shaw is now 3-10 overall and 1-7 in the region.
Friday at Northside
Shaw | 010 | 000 | 0 | — | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Northside | 252 | 000 | x | — | 9 | 8 | 1 |
WP: Sam Kyte. LP: Brian Trepanier. Top hitters: Shaw Kaleb Podger 1-2, RBI; Wesley Johnson 2-3; Jalen Williams 1-1, 2B; Northside Alex Royal 1-2, 2B, 2R, 2RBI; Chantler Valero 1-3, R, RBI; Seth Shadix 1-2, RBI; Tyler Pace 2-3; Marcus Eberhart 2-2, 3B, 2R, 2RBI. Records: Shaw3-10, 1-7 Region 1-5A. Northside 11-4, 7-2. Next: Shaw, at Carver, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. Northside, at East Coweta, Monday, 5:30 p.m.
Tallassee 8,
Russell County 2
Tallassee used a pair of four-run innings to down Russell County 8-2 on Friday.
Zane Faulk and Zach Henderson had two hits apiece for the Warriors.
Game 2 was played late Friday night.
Friday at Tallassee
Game 1
Russell | 000 | 001 | 1 | — | 2 | 8 | 4 |
Tallassee | 400 | 400 | x | — | 8 | 8 | 0 |
WP: Hatchcock. LP: H. Sowell. Top hitters: Russell County Anthony Ward 1-4, 2B, R; Zane Faulk 2-3, 2B, RBI; Z. Henderson 2-3. Tallassee Burton 2-4, R, 2RBI.
This story was originally published March 25, 2016 at 8:56 PM with the headline "High school roundup: Kendrick rallies in 7th for win."