POWER TRIP
Red-hot Gordon Lee rolling through early March
As the weather has started warming up, so have the bats of the Gordon Lee Trojans.
The Trojans have scored 10 or more runs in seven straight games, all in an eight-day span, including their first three Region 6-A wins of the season last week.
Gordon Lee 19, Drew Charter 0
Up 3-0 after one inning, the Gordon Lee Trojans tacked on 16 insurance runs — all in the second inning — and quickly put away the Eagles in their Region 6-A opener last Tuesday in Chickamauga.
Gordon Lee scored its runs on 11 hits and 12 walks. Brody Cobb had a pair of hits and knocked in three runs, while Cade Peterson and Brodie Genter each had two hits and two RBIs. Garren Ramey, Holt Roberts, Blake Rodgers and Riley King also drove in two runs for the Trojans, while Kade Cowan and Logan Simerely had one RBI apiece.
Jake Poindexter allowed just one hit in two innings of work on the mound. He finished with six strikeouts, while Genter fanned two hitters in his one inning of relief.
Gordon Lee 10, LFO 0
The Navy-and-White blanked the Warriors in a six-inning contest in Chickamauga this past Wednesday.
Gordon Lee scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning against the Warriors and picked up four more in the bottom of the second before sealing the victory with a run in the bottom of the sixth.
Peterson had three hits, three RBIs and scored a pair of runs. Genter and Cowan each had two hits and one RBI. Rodgers had a hit and drove in a pair of runs. Nate Dunfee was 2 for 4 with two runs scored, while Poindexter and Griff Collins each knocked in a run.
Rodgers pitched the first five innings and gave up just two hits, both singles, and finished with four strikeouts. Peterson had one strikeout in one inning of relief.
Gordon Lee 14, Sonoraville 4
The Trojans continued to pulverize opposing pitching on Thursday as they belted two home runs in a home win over the Class 3A Phoenix.
Cobb had a two-run homer in the third inning and Peterson followed with a three-run shot in the fourth. Cobb would later deliver the walk-off RBI- single to win the game in the sixth.
Rodgers stayed red hot with the bat as he went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs.
Dunfee had two doubles, scored twice and knocked in two runs. Collins also had two doubles to go with one RBI and two runs scored. Cowan had two hits and scored twice. Poindexter had two hits and one RBI, while Genter and Jackson Moore each knocked in one run.
King gave up four earned runs on five hits and three walks in 4.2 innings of work. He finished with seven strikeouts in the victory. Bo Rhudy pitched the final 1.1 innings. He gave up one hit and struck out one batter.
Gordon Lee 19, Drew Charter 0
Friday’s doubleheader saw the Trojans score 15 times in the top of the second inning to run away with the Game 1 victory. Cobb continued to swing a hot bat as he went 3 for 4 with a triple, three runs scored and five RBIs. Peterson went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and three runs, while Simerley had one hit and three RBIs.
Roberts and Moore had two hits and one RBI each, while Collins and Ramey each went 1 for 2 with a pair of RBIs. Jacob Neal drew three walks, scored twice and was credited with two RBIs and Poindexter also knocked in a run.
Genter struck out three batters in two innings of work on the mound, while Cobb had two strikeouts in one inning of relief.
Gordon Lee 14, Drew Charter 0
The Trojans began Game 2 with eight runs in the top of the first and never looked back against the outmatched Eagles.
Dunfee went 2 for 4 with two runs scored and three RBIs. Roberts, Rodgers and Rhudy had two RBIs apiece, while Moore, Tyler Forester and Ethan Rider all knocked in one run each.
Tanner Wilson pitched a three-inning no-hitter, allowing two walks to go with eight strikeouts for Gordon Lee (10-1 overall), who was slated to play at Baylor on Monday night. Due to newspaper deadlines, results were not available as of press time.
The Red Raiders of Chattanooga began the season ranked in the top 10 nationally by MaxPreps.