Ringgold nine just fine in Savannah
The Ringgold Baseball Tigers enjoyed a long and successful weekend in Savannah as they opened the 2017 season with three wins in their first three games.
Facing their Class AAAAAA hosts, the Blue-and-White trailed 4-3 heading in to the top of the seventh when they exploded for six runs and went on to a season-opening 9-4 win.
Senior Hunter Ricketts took the mound in the fourth inning and threw 3 1/3 innings of relief, finishing with seven strikeouts. He also helped himself by going 2-for-2 at the plate.
Noah Parrish had the hot stick for the Tigers as he went 3-for-4 and drove in five runs. Included in that was a three-run homer. Tyler Nichols also went 3-for3 as Ringgold moved to 1-0 on the year.
“Hunter really stepped up for the team on the mound and at the plate,” head coach Brent Tucker said. “It was really good to see (from our team) this early in the season.”
Ringgold 5, Richmond Hill 2
The Blue-and-White took down the Wildcats for the second time in three days with a win in Saturday’s opener.
Nichols and Andre Tarver each went 2-for4, while one of Nichols’ hits was a long solo homerun. Parrish added three more RBIs, giving him eight in his team’s first two games.
Holden Tucker got the win on the mound with six solid innings. He gave up two runs on four hits and recorded a pair of strikeouts.
Ringgold 7, Rome 1
Rhett Baldwin had a big day in the second game against the Wolves as he went 2-for-3 at the plate and got the victory with five innings of work. He gave up four hits and fanned four.
Gavin Hollis was 3-for-3 with three RBIs and Tarver picked up two more hits.
Ringgold (3-0) will make the short drive to Heritage on Friday for a 5:30 first pitch against their Catoosa County rivals.
On Saturday, they will be back at Bill Womack Field to host Ridgeland in a 1 p.m. doubleheader.