08/07/2023
BASEBALL UPDATE - TROUP ALL-STARS COME UP BIG AT WORLD SERIES
With their backs against the wall, the Georgia all-stars came out swinging.
After falling to Texas on Saturday, Georgia came into Sunday’s game against Florida knowing it was win or go home.
Georgia, formerly the Troup National all-stars, started quickly and never looked back on the way to a 12-1 victory on day three of the Dixie Youth Baseball 11-12-year-old World Series in Ruston, La.
Georgia will play Louisiana on Monday morning as it looks to move a step closer to a World Series championship.
At the state tournament, Troup National took care of business, beating Perry 10-0 in the championship game to earn the right to represent Georgia in the World Series.
In the World Series, Georgia thumped Tennessee 10-3 in its opening game on Friday before losing to Texas 15-3 on Saturday.
Georgia shrugged off that disappointment and eased past Florida in an elimination game.
Georgia scored two runs in the top of the first inning to go on top, and it added five more runs in the second inning to take a commanding 7-0 lead.
Georgia remained in control the rest of the way, and the game ended after five innings because of the run rule.
Wyatt Martin and Hunter Jordan were spectacular on the mound, combining to throw a five-inning no-hitter.
Martin started and pitched three innings, and six of the nine outs he recorded were strikeouts.
The only base runner Florida had against Martin came on a hit by pitch in the first inning.
Hunter Jordan finished things off with two dominant innings, and after Florida scored an unearned run in the fourth inning, it went down in order in the bottom of the fifth.
Georgia banged out 14 hits, and eight different players had at least one hit.
That included Wyatt Martin, who in addition to his great work on the mound, had three doubles and two RBIs.
Taeden Pope also had three hits and two RBIs, Connor Arrington had two hits including a double with two RBIs, and Bryson Pike had two hits and two RBIs.
Ben Brown had a double and an RBI, AJ Griffith had a hit an RBI, Peyton Spears and Ezra Cook each had a hit, and Cameron Poe and Hunter Jordan each scored a run.
In the state tournament and World Series combined, the Georgia (Troup National) all-stars now have a record of 6-2, and they've won three consecutive elimination games.
