Gordon Lee blasts Bowdon in series sweep
With seven region games remaining before the start of the state playoffs, the Gordon Lee Trojans find themselves in a very familiar position.
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The No. 1-ranked team in Class 1A Public enters the new week at 8-0 in Region 6-A and fully in control after sweeping three games from Bowdon last week. The Red Devils had entered last week 8-1 in 6-A play, but were outscored by a football-like 44-14 margin in the series.
Gordon Lee (20-2) will play three games against Trion this week, hosting the Bulldogs on Tuesday (5:30) before a doubleheader at Trion at 5 p.m. on Friday. They will also squeeze in the postponed third game of their season series against Armuchee Wednesday at 5:30 in Chickamauga.
Gordon Lee 9, Bowdon 8
The first game in the series saw an anxious final inning for the Navy-and-White as the Red Devils scored four times in the top of the seventh inning and had the potential tying run at second base before the Trojans were finally able to slam the door shut.
Brody Cobb had three hits in four at-bats with an RBI, while Cody Thomas went 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs. Nate Dunfee was 2 for 5 with a triple and one RBI. Cade Peterson had one hit, scored a run and drove in a run and Griff Collins drew a pair of walks in addition to scoring once and driving in a run.
Riley King pitched the first 5.1 innings. He gave up five hits and four runs, though only one was earned. He walked three batters and struck out six. Tanner Wilson surrendered three earned runs on three hits with one strikeout before Brodie Genter pitched the final two-thirds of an inning to record the save.
Gordon Lee 21, Bowdon 6
The Trojans made sure there would be no comeback in the first game on Friday as they broke open a 3-3 tie with eight runs in the fourth inning before a huge 10run fifth frame.
Nine of the runs in the fifth came with two outs as 16 batters came to the plate. Seven had hits and five more drew walks.
Peterson opened the scoring for the Navy-and-White with a three-run homer in the first inning. Cobb belted a three-run homer in the fourth, which was followed up one batter later with Peterson’s second dinger of the game, a solo shot. Both seniors finished with three hits and four RBIs each.
Thomas and Jacob Neal each had two hits with two RBIs. Kade Cowan and Jake Poindexter also had two hits, while Collins drove in a pair of runs. Dunfee and Genter matched Cowan with one RBI.
Poindexter gave up six earned runs on seven hits and two walks in four innings. He struck out six batters in the victory, while Peterson fanned one Red Devil in one inning of relief.
Kiler Cole hit a two-run homer and a three-run homer for Bowdon.
Gordon Lee 14, Bowdon 0
Cobb got Friday’s nightcap started with a two-run blast in the first inning and he delivered an RBIdouble as part of a 10-run second inning, which also included a three-run homer by Neal and a grand slam by Thomas.
Dunfee went 3 for 3 at the plate with a triple and two runs scored. Garren Ramey added a double. Blake Rodgers drove in two runs and Peterson picked up one RBI.
Rodgers pitched four hitless innings and struck out eight batters in the victory, while Bo Rhudy struck out two batters and gave up one hit in one inning of relief.