Gordon Lee aces second-round test

You have to go back quite a while - 2010 to be exact - to find the last time the Gordon Lee Lady Trojans found themselves in danger of actually losing a first or second-round state playoff game.

Gordon Lee’s historic undefeated season was nearly derailed that year by upstart Mt. Pisgah Christian in Game 1 of the second round. But an improbable five-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning gave the Lady Trojans an 8-7 victory and momentum as Gor- don Lee went on to sweep the series, en route to a 38-0 season and the state title.

And although Wednesday’s 5-3 Game 2 victory over ACE Charter School out of Macon wasn’t quite as dramatic as that finish eight years ago, it still managed to get more than a few hearts pumping in the stands.

But Gordon Lee hasn’t won as many games as it has over the years without knowing how and when to flip the switch.

Down 2- 1, the Navy- andWhite put on a small ball clinic in the top of the fifth inning, scoring four runs and hitting just one ball out of the infield, as they took the lead for good in their Columbus-clinching victory over the Gryphons.

“We had to fight a little bit tonight, but give (ACE) credit because they came out swinging the bats in that first inning,” Gordon Lee head coach Dana Mull said. “We left six runners on in the first three innings, so we have to find a way to get those runs in.

“But give our girls some credit too. They kept their composure and we just kept doing what we do and we finally got those runs across when we needed them.”