Divido hurls one-hitter in game one, EC scores 10 in the second inning of nightcap in sweep

FAYETTEVILLE-Since the beginning of the 2020 baseball season, the freshman team at East Coweta
High School has been a group not liked by Mother Nature.

The Indians took out their aggressions on her Wednesday night as they dominated the junior varsity
version of the Fayette County Tigers with a doubleheader sweep.

East Coweta's Jackson Divido is delivering a pitch to a Fayette County 

during the first game of their doubleheader. Divido allowed one hit in 

five innings of a 9-1 win.

In game one, Jackson Divido tossed a one-hitter with five strikeouts in a 9-1 victory while the Indians

broke a tie in the bottom of the second inning with 10 runs and came away with a 14-2 win in a game

called in the middle of the fourth inning.

The opener was scoreless until the top of the second inning as the Indians scored four runs that gave them a lead that was never in doubt.

Elijah Edwards led off with walk and stole second and Nathan Murray reached on an infield error after one out with Edwards reaching third.

Edwards would score the first tally on a single by Mason Bordeaux and Divido aided his own cause with a two run double to left field.

After moving to third on a groundout, Divido would come home with the inning's fourth run on a double to left field by Conner McElroy.

The Indians' scoring continued in the top of the third inning as Evan Doss led off with a double and scored on a one out double to right center field by Edwards who would come home with a run courtesy of an infield error that allowed Henry Headrick to reach.

Headrick eventually moved to third on a passed ball and came home with the inning's final run on a single by Murray.

An infield error would prevent Divido from tossing a shutout but the his teammates would add two more runs in the top of the fourth inning for the final margin.

As for Divido's effort on the mound, the right hander would only have one inning of trouble as the Tigers had two runners on base and a run with one out in the top of the third inning.

However, trouble averted as he recorded a strikeout and a groundball hit to Doss at shortstop would end the frame.

The final two runs of the game came in the top of the fourth inning as Cooper Ramey and Doss reached on walks and would score after a pair of errors in the frame.

In the second game, the Tigers were the visiting team in their own facility and took advantage with a run in the top of the first inning.

The lead was shortlived, however, as McElroy walked and stole two bases before coming home with the tying run on a one out single Doss.

The bottom of the second inning became one that the Tigers may wish to forget as the Indians sent 14 batters to the plate and scored 10 runs for an 11-1 lead.

Kyle Collins led off with a walk, stole a base and moved to third when Bordeaux hit a fly ball to center field before coming home with the lead run on a wild pitch.

Ben Hollenbeck was hit by a pitch, stole second and moved to third and the plate on wild pitches and with two outs, McElroy followed with a triple to left field.

McElroy was 4-for-5 in the doubleheader with an RBI and three runs scored.

McElroy scored on a single by Ramey and after a walk to Doss, both would come home on wild pitches.

The frame that saw a number of walks afterward came to an end as Hollenbeck lined a bases clearing double over the center fielder's head.

After tossing a pair of innings that saw him allow one hit and record three strikeouts, Edwards was relieved by Dylan Nemeth in the top of third inning.

Nemeth would allow a run that cut the margin to 11-2, but manged to keep the Tigers from doing any real damage with a pair of strikeouts in the frame.

The Indians added three more runs in the bottom of the third inning as McElroy singled, moved to second on a groundout and came home on a double by Doss.

Doss, who reached base five times in six attempts during the doubleheader, would record his fourth run of the night as he came home on a RBI double to left field by L. J. Estrada who eventually came home with the final tally on a wild pitch.

The game came to an end in the top of the fourth as Nemeth retired the first batter on strikes and after a walk was able to get a double play hit to Hollenbeck at short who threw a strike to Estrada at first.