King's Ridge takes Game 3 in walk-off fashion for second straight title
By Score Atlanta
In Game 3 of the GHSA Class A-Private baseball state championship, a Lawson Hill sacrifice fly scored Penny Hart in the bottom of the ninth to seal a second-straight title for King’s Ridge and a 6-5 win over Hebron Christian Academy Tuesday night.
Hill finished 1-for-5. Connor Burns toed the rubber for the Tigers and lasted 4.1 innings in the game at King’s Ridge while allowing four runs on three hits and four walks. Jake Hershman, a Wofford-signee, pitched four innings for Hebron and gave up three runs.
Parker Runnels got Hebron on the board early with a first inning double off of Burns to score Tyler Calvert with one out, but the damage would be limited to just one run after Burns induced a Smith Bogdan double play. Burns would help his own cause in the bottom of the fourth scoring Brandt Stallings on a single. King’s Ridge led 3-1 after four before Hebron stormed back for four in the fifth inning. Steven Casey hit an RBI double and Runnels singled home Austin Jett. Parker Runnels had a big night with two RBIs on three hits for the Lions.
King’s Ridge had a chance to win in the seventh when Brandt Stallings hit a sacrifice fly to force extra innings, but Adam Moore hit into a double play to end the inning. Stallings, the Georgia Tech-signee finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs. King’s Ridge outhit the Lions 11 to eight.
King’s Ridge won the opening game of the series 2-0 while Hebron forced a third game with a 7-5 win in Saturday’s second game.
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