EC junior varsity ends season after doubleheader split with Carrollton

William Tansey ended the 2018 junior varsity season with
another solid start Saturday afternoon. Tansey allowed three hits
 in five innings of a 6-4 EC win.

SHARPSBURG-William Tansey gave the East Coweta Indians five solid innings allowing three hits while his teammates took advantage of miscues in the field and withstood a late rally to defeating the Carrollton Trojans 6-4 to gain a split of a Saturday junior varsity doubleheader.

Earlier in the day, the Indians didn’t have an answer for Eli Runyan as he limited the home team to four hits with 14 strikeouts in a 2-0 for the Trojans.

The Indians took the lead in the bottom of the second inning as Keegan Rich reached on a one out single and eventually scored the first run on a wild pitch.

Errors in the infield by the Trojans allowed Devin Holmes and Levi Wilson to score runs and give EC a 3-0 lead.

The fourth run of the frame came as Tanner Floyd walked and eventually came home on another Trojan error.

The Indians tallied another score in the bottom of the third inning as Holmes reached base on an infield error with one out on the frame and came home on a triple to left field by Jacob Burgess.

Meanwhile, Tansey in what has been a solid season on the hill, retired the side in order to start the game and had only one inning where he had to get out of trouble as he faced a two out third that saw two runners on base before he escaped the jam.

Tansey allowed one run in his stint as Runyan opened the frame with a triple and came on a groundout by Chole Sullivan.

In the top of the sixth, Tansey was lifted from his last outing of the season and the Trojans rallied with a pair of runs on a bases loaded walk and an unusual interpretation of the infield fly rule.

With the bases loaded, nobody out and one run home a pop was hit to second but the ball was misplayed allowing a run to score to cut the margin to 5-3 and a runner to move into scoring position at third.

On the play, the ball was thrown to second and the runner abandoned the base thinking the force was in effect which it was not.

The runner was called out and after the bases were reloaded, the final out of the frame was recorded.

In the bottom of the inning, the Indians managed to reclaim one of the runs as Nico Senese led off by reaching on another error by the Trojans and eventually scoring from third on a sacrifice fly by Rich.

Burgess, who ended the chaotic sixth inning, started the top of the seventh inning strongly by recording two groundouts but ran into trouble

Senese took over on the mound and recorded the save as he induced a flyball to right field.

The opener was more ho-hum as Runyan was the story of the game as he never faced more than four batters in any game.

He was given a 1-0 lead to protect as two errors led to a score in the top of the third inning and was given another run in the top of the seventh inning as Samuel Simpson reached on an error and eventually scored on a double by Sullivan.

The only batters to get on base against were Senese on a walk while Landon Underhill and JJ Freed had doubles with Quinlan Willey and Underhill recording singles.

The Indians finished the 2018 Junior Varsity baseball season with a 13-7 record.