Tallulah Falls’ baseball team played perhaps its best game of the season so far in a 7-2 win at East Jackson on Wednesday night.
Playing for a second straight night, TFS was able to come away with the bounce-back win in what proved to be a solid outing in every facet. Chase Pollock pitched a great game, Frankie Moree had a home run as part of a four-hit effort, and the defense played arguably its best game yet.
TFS scored in five of the innings, and immediately put pressure on East Jackson with a pair in the first when bringing home one on an error and another on a bases loaded walk by Rohajae Pinder. The Eagles got a run back in the home half, but starter Pollock buckled down from there.
Danny Grant helped Tallulah Falls got the run back with a sacrifice fly to plate Zaiden Cox. Moree blasted his second homer in as many days with a one-out, solo round-tripper in the fourth inning, stretching the lead to 4-1. Pollock pitched a 1-2-3 fourth and fifth inning to keep East Jackson reeling.
In the sixth, BJ Carver doubled home Moree, who had singled moments before. That pushed the lead up to 5-1. After the Eagles scratched across their final run in the home half, the Indians retaliated with a Davante Brown hit by pitch with the bases full. Moments later, Moree singled in Brown to cap the scoring at 7-2.
Pinder pitched a quick seventh inning to conclude the game. Moree had 4 hits, including a home run, and had 2 RBI and 3 runs scored, and added a walk and stolen base. Carver had 2 hits and an RBI and run scored. Grant, Pinder, and Brown all had an RBI as well. In total, TFS recorded 8 hits. Pollock went 6 innings to earn his second win of the season, and struck out 6 against 4 hits and 3 walks.
The Indians lost 9-3 on Tuesday night at home against Lumpkin County, as the visitors used a four-run fifth frame to put the game out of reach. TFS committed a season-high 8 errors in the loss.
After going down 2-0 in the third, the Indians got new life on a Moree two-out, two-run homer that brought in Pollock, who had singled to lead off the frame. Lumpkin regained the lead in the next inning, and stretched the lead up to 7-2 by the end of the fifth.
In the home half of the sixth, Grant drove in a run on a groundout to pull within 7-3. Lumpkin tacked on a pair of runs in the final inning to seal the win.
Tallulah Falls struggled to put runners on, as the Indians gathered 4 hits and no walks. Moree’s homer was the first for TFS on the season. He also tripled in the game. Caden Walker took the loss on the hill, giving up 2 earned runs across 4 innings and striking out 7.
TFS is now 3-2, and are back in action on Friday, March 3, against Clay High School (Fla.) in Tifton. They play West Nassau (Fla.) on Saturday, March 4, in Tifton as well.
– Brian Carter