EC, McIntosh split in freshmen doubleheader

SHARPSBURG-The East Coweta Indians scored five runs in two different innings to defeat the McIntosh Chiefs 10-3 in the second game of a freshmen doubleheader played Saturday.
The Indians dropped the opener 9-4 and ended the weekend with an 11-2 record.
In the nightcap, McIntosh scored the first run in the opening frame against winning pitcher Michael Son
, but the 1-0 lead faded in the bottom of the second when EC had one of their scoring binges.
Son led off with a walk and Jacob Medina followed a single with each advancing a base on a sacrifice bunt by Avery Brown.
Hayden Blair was hit by a pitch and Ethan McCawley hit a ball that had the makings of a force play but the ball was thrown into right field allowing Son to come home with the tying score.
Connor McElroy followed with a two run single and the Indians enjoyed a 3-1 lead which increased as Jacob Rossi drilled a two-run double.
The Chiefs came back with a run in the top of the third inning to cut the margin to 5-2, but the Indians eliminated any doubt in the bottom of the fourth inning as they scored five more runs.
McCawley reached base on a dropped fly ball, Rossi reached on a one out walk and Kenty brought the duo home with a two out single.
Kenty stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch before eventually scoring on a single by Medina.
Son, who reached on a walk and stole second, eventually came home on a wild pitch and Medina scored the finally tally on a single by L. J. Estrada.
After four innings in which he allowed two hits, Son was relieved by Brown in the top of the fifth inning who surrendered the final Chiefs’ run of the game.
The opener did not go as the Indians’ planned as the Chiefs scored twice in the top of the third inning to take a lead they would not surrender.
The Chiefs added three runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 5-0 lead but the Indians would rally in the bottom of the frame.
With one out, Kenty walked and stole second before two wild pitches allowed him to come home with the first EC run.
Estrada and Son walked with the former coming home on a two-out single by Brown while a wild pitch brought Son plateward to cut the margin to 5-3.
Blair reached on a walk and after he was replaced on the bases by Medina and McIntosh employed a pitching change, Rossi recorded an RBI single and EC appeared to be back in the game.
In the top of the fifth inning, the first two batters were retired before a number of miscues allowed the next five batters to reach with four coming home for the final margin of the game.