EC JV wins, ties in DH with McIntosh

SHARPSBURG-Dekel Williams ended a solid offensive Thursday night with a game winning single in the bottom of the fifth inning that gave the East Coweta Indians a 4-3 win over the McIntosh Chiefs in the second game of a junior varsity doubleheader.

Including a 3-3 tie in the first game of the twinbill, the JV Indians are now 4-2-1 on the season with games against Troup County at home on Saturday.

The nightcap was tied at 3-3 with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning when Craig Newlands reached on an infield error while Kaleb Gardner and Kaleb Carey reached on consecutive single to load the bases for Williams.

On a 2-2 offering from McIntosh pitcher Joe Pressell, Williams lined a shot into left field and Newlands came home with the winning run.

Newlands who took over on the mound to pitch in the fifth was the winner.

The Indians took the initial lead of the game as Zach Carlton reached on an error and Mason Pearcy reached on a walk.

After two outs, Gardner lined a shot to left field allowing Carlton and Pearcy to score and the EC lead was 2-0.

After an attempt to add to the lead failed in the bottom of the third inning, the Indians made up for it in the next frame as Williams was hit by a pitch and advanced to third through a single by Erik Ellison and a pair of wild pitches.

However, the Chiefs came back in the top of the fifth to score all three runs as the result of walks and a throwing error.

Adrian Roman pitched the first two innings of the game and allowed two hits in as many innings with three strikeouts while Andrew Martin took over in the third before he was replaced by Ellison and Newlands in the fifth.

In the opening game of the doubleheader, McIntosh took the initial lead with a run in the top of the third inning with a single run as Aiden Wise scored on infield error.

East Coweta came back in the bottom of the frame with all of their runs as a Carlton groundout, a wild pitch and an RBI single by Newlands did the damage.

However, the Indians’ lead did not last as the Chiefs scored twice in the top of the fourth inning on a two-run single by starting pitcher Grasser.

The Indians had a chance to regain the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning with runners in scoring position but were unable to take advantage and the game ended in a tie.

Williams was 2-for-2 with a run scored in the game while Pearcy, Quinlan Wiley, and Newlands had one hit each.

Carlton started the game and allowed four hits and three runs in three innings before he was replaced by Trey Jones in the fourth inning.

Jones pitched into the fifth inning and was replaced by Wiley on the mound.