HEADLAND – After a lackluster first-game loss, the Headland Rams bounced back with a decisive win Friday night to force a third game in its Class 5A opening-round playoff series
Following a 3-1 loss in the opener, the Rams earned a 14-3 win in game two. Headland and Greenville play game three Saturday at 11 a.m. at Sheldon Field. The winner advances to a second-round series next week.
People are also reading… “Our motto lately has been ‘Push it to the next guy,’” Birdsong said. “They threw a guy that was very similar to the first game guy, a lot of breaking balls and not a lot of velocity, but I thought we did a good job of taking what they were giving us and forcing them to make plays on the infield.”
The Ram offense produced 12 hits in game two with the heart of the order doing the biggest damage. Clean-up hitter Mason Steele earned three hits and drove in three runs and Trent Weatherly, the No. 3 hitter, had two hits and also drove in three runs. At the bottom of the order, Logan Ivey had two hits with a RBI and Bryce Gover had a hit with two runs batted in. Evan Taylor added a RBI on a sac fly.
Greenville scored in the first inning, taking advantage of two walks and a hit batter to load the bases before Albert singled in a run. Two more runs crossed in the sixth to give Headland an 11-2 advantage. Steele and Nelson earned singles to start the inning and moved to second and third on a double steal. Taylor delivered a sac fly to center to score Steele. A throwing error by the catcher trying to get Nelson ended in left field, allowing Nelson to score.The Rams tacked on three more runs in the top of the seventh. Weatherly’s deep fly ball to center with the bases loaded was dropped, allowing a run to score.
An inning later, Jaiden Dunklin earned a one-out single and moved to second on a BJ Dickerson ground out to the first baseman. With two outs and a 0-2 count on Benton Taylor, Dunklin took off for third on a stolen base attempt. The throw from Headland’s catcher ended up in left field, allowing Dunklin to come in and score, making it 2-0 Tigers.
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