McCurry leads Indians to win over Tigers

EAST COWETA 4 TROUP 3

SHARPSBURG-Zack McCurry won his fourth game of the season Wednesday night by allowing seven hits and recording 10 strikeouts to lead the East Coweta Indians to a tight 4-3 win over the Troup Tigers.
The Indians improved to 6-0 with the win while the Tigers are 3-3 overall and are 1-2 against Coweta County schools with a win over Northgate and a loss to newnan earlier in the campaign.
East Coweta will host the Callaway Cavaliers in a game against another Troup County school Thursday evening at home.
The Indians struck first as Cameron Smith led off the bottom of the first inning by reaching on an infield single, stole second and advanced to third on an infield error and scored when Jonathan Banks grounded out to second base.
The Tigers tied the game at 1-1 with two outs in the top of the second inning when Dalton Hadley was hit by a pitch and stole second before coming home on a single to right field by Justin Neighbors.
However, in the bottom of the second inning EC regained the lead as Geremy Walton led off with a single and reaced to third when Matthew Meyer lined a single to right field and with one out came home when Travis Williams appeared to hit into a force play at second but the throw was wide and Meyer remained on base.
Bryce Gemmel gave the Indians a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the third inning when he reaced first after a third strike pitch by Tigers' starter Garret McGlurg hit the ground and advanced to second on a wild pitch by McGlurg before scoring on a double to right by Banks.
The Indians scored what proved to be a very important run in the contest with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning when Gemmel reached first via a wild pitch on a strikeout for the second time in the game and advanced to third as the throw to first went into right field.
Cole Antman followed by hitting a single to left field and Gemmel came home to give the Indians a
4-1 lead.
The Tigers cut into the lead in the top of the sixth inning when Jacob Ozley reached on a one out single, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by McGlurg and scored on a single to center field by Bruce Danford that Walton narrowly missed.
The top of the seventh inning started out calmly for the Indians but would drive the fans and coaches into a panic mode as the Tigers threartened to tie the game.
Neighbors led off the frame by hitting a ball to left field that Smith missed catching on a diving attempt and after a pair of strikeouts by McCurry, it appeared he woiuld remain there but a single by Brandon Butts advanced to him third and a pair of throwing errors allowed him to score.
Meanwhile, Butts advanced to third on the miscues but McCurry showed strong resiliancy by retiring Cody Doughman on a strikeout to end the game.