Ramblers sweep Warriors to open season 2-1
Brady Anderson racks up six RBIs in doubleheader victory
Senior Logan Teasley led off last Monday’s game with a single, but that would be the only hit the LaFayette Ramblers would muster in a 4-0 season-opening setback to Dade County.
Ty Fisher pitched two innings and fanned two for the home team. A.J. Buck pitched three innings and finished with five strikeouts, while Ethan Stephenson struck out four batters in 1 2/3 innings of work.
LaFayette 11, Gordon Central 0
Teasley struck out six to get the win on the mound in the opening game of Friday’s home doubleheader, while Caleb Trammell finished up the game with one shutout inning on the hill.
Teasley, Brady Anderson and Chase Elliott each had three hits. Anderson racked up a pair of doubles and drove in three runs, while Teasley also collected three RBIs. Stephenson had a pair of hits, while Chase Smith, John James, and Buck added one hit each. Buck also finished with two RBIs.
LaFayette 6, Gordon Central 2
Fisher fanned nine batters in four innings to pick up his first win of the 2017 season. Buck added four K’s in two innings of work and Stephenson struck out two in the one inning he pitched.
Offensively, Teasley doubled twice and Anderson had another big game with two hits, including a triple, and three more RBIs. Buck and Trammell each had a hit and Trammell drove in two.
LaFayette (2-1) will head to Trion on Tuesday for a 5:55 p.m. game.
They will stay on the road Thursday when they play at Chattooga (5:55) and they will travel to Model on Saturday (5:30) for nonregion games.