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Friday, May 16, 2008
Georgia High School Baseball Playoffs: May 15, 2008, second-round games
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Complete list: Second-round pairings for all classes
Brackets: AAAAA • AAAA • AAA • AA • A
Newnan wins game of dueling 7-run innings
Rain across North Georgia postponed 10 decisive second-round games Thursday in the state high school baseball playoffs but Newnan stayed dry enough to advance.
The Cougars erased a six-run deficit by scoring seven runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, defeating Warner Robins 13-12 to win their Class AAAAA best-of-three second-round series.
Down 6-5 with two outs in the top of the seventh, Warner Robins (20-10) scored seven runs to grab a 12-6 lead.
But Newnan (16-16) scored runs on a bases-loaded walk and a hit batsman before Kevin Dunn launched a grand slam to tie it 12-12. Colson McMichael, 2-for-3 before his final at-bat, followed two batters later with an RBI double to clinch the series.
“We give up a 7-spot but we hung in there and put up a 7-spot,” Newnan coach Kenny Morris said. “That was the biggest thing; we didn’t roll over.” - Kurt Aschermann Jr.
Lanier Co. 21, Schley Co. 5: The Bulldogs’ 19-hit attack included grand slams by Ethan McCray and Ryan White and earned the Wildcats a Class A quarterfinal series against Landmark Christian.
Gordon Lee 8, Aquinas 6: Taylor Eberhardt’s two-run single with two out in the seventh inning helped the Trojans win their Class A series in three games. “It was our fourth Game 3 in the last three years and now we’re 4-0 in those Game 3s,” Gordon Lee coach Greg Payne said.
SECOND-ROUND SCHEDULE: METRO
Friday’s games
Class AAAAA
North Cobb at Lassiter, 6 p.m.
Norcross at Brookwood, 7 p.m.
South Forsyth at Kell, 6 p.m.
Walton at Mill Creek, 5:30 p.m.
Class AAAA
Loganville at Rome, 5 p.m.
Salem at East Paulding, 6 p.m.
Class AAA
Stephens County at Flowery Branch, 5:30 p.m.
Class A
ELCA at Jefferson, 2 p.m.
Providence Christian at Bremen, 5 p.m.
Saturday’s game
Class AAA
Carrollton at Dunwoody, 1:30 p.m.
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