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Friday, May 30, 2008
Georgia High School Baseball Blog: Championship Friday
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Class AAAAA
Game 1
Brookwood 3, Walton 2: Ross Heffley’s home run to right center field ended the first game. Buddy Jones’ two-run home run in the sixth broke a scoreless tie, but Walton’s Spencer Kieboom tied it in the top of the seventh with a two-run single.
Game 2
Brookwood 6, Walton 3: A six-run second inning propelled the Broncos to the championship. The big hit was Jordan Erisman’s bases-clearing triple. Alex Beebe threw six innings for Brookwood, which won its first state title since 1986, when the largest class was AAAA.
Class AAAA
Game 1
Loganville 7, Griffin 1: Blake McCullers hit a three-run home run to lead the Red Devils to victory in the first game. The Bears helped Loganville’s cause by committing five errors, leading to four unearned runs.
Game 2
Loganville 5, Griffin 4: Blake McCullers’ walk-off home run against Griffin’s Jeremy Holcomb gave the Red Devils (32-7) a sweep for the state title — the school’s first in baseball.
“We were down 4-0 and I was sitting over there at third with a good feeling,” said McCullers, a senior who said he’s bound for Georgia Perimeter College this fall. “I had kind of gotten down, but I knew something crazy was going to happen.”
Griffin shortstop Tim Beckham, a possible No. draft pick next week, had four hits and finished with a .677 playoff batting average, but the rest of the Bears managed just five hits in the two games.
Class AAA
Game 1
Cartersville 5, Stephens County 3: The Hurricanes pushed across two runs, breaking a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the sixth, for the win. Ethan Martin’s wild pitch allowed Zach Richards to score the go-ahead run and catcher Matt Hill’s error allowed Donovan Tate to score an insurance run.
Game 2
Stephens County 5, Cartersville 2: Chan Cash threw a complete game, allowing four hits and striking out six. Bryan Whitfield’s RBI single gave the Indians the lead for good in the fourth inning. Game 3 is Saturday at 2 p.m. in Cartersville.
Game 3, Saturday
Cartersville 13, Stephens Co. 1 (five innings): The Purple Hurricanes’ 5-foot-6 pitcher, Chris “Huddy” Huth, and an awakened quick-strike offense ruled matters in a 13-1 victory that was ended after the top of the fifth due to the 10-run mercy rule. Cartersville wins series 2-1.
Class AA
Game 1
Wesleyan 12, Lovett 0: Grayson Garvin struck out 11 and allowed only two hits in a mercy rule-shortened five innings. James Ramsey had a three-run homer and Kevin Ruiz added a two-run shot.
Game 2
Wesleyan 12, Lovett 6: The Wolves won the state championship, hitting three consecutive home runs in one stretch. It is the first baseball title for the Norcross private school.
Class A
Game 1
Landmark Christian 6, Pacelli 3: Tanner Bryant hit a two-run homer to lead the War Eagles to the opening-game win.
Game 2
Pacelli 4, Landmark Christian 1: Charles Rossi threw a complete game, striking out seven, allowing five hits. Rossi (13-2) also had the game-winning hit, a two-run single in the fifth inning that broke a 1-1 tie. Game 3 is Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in Fairburn.
Game 3, Saturday
Pacelli 10, Landmark Christian 5: In the deciding game of the Class A championship best-of-three series, freshman Matthew Rossi hit three home runs to help lead the Vikings to their first-ever baseball championship.
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