Griffin High's Montico Dodson (3) fouls off a pitch Thursday at The Bear's Den during a game against Eagle's Landing. (John Sullivan/Daily News)
The Bears ended their three-game losing streak to improve to 7-3 overall and 4-2 in region play while EL falls to 2-7, 1-5.
Griffin started the game with a 1-0 lead off EL pitcher Fontayne Washington, but the Golden Eagles scored two runs in the third inning off an error to take a 2-1 lead. Griffin got those runs back in the bottom of the third. Quantico Dodson tripled and Washington balked him home for the 2-2 tie and four batters later, he threw a bases-loaded walk to Montico Dodson to give the Bears the 3-2 lead.
The score stayed that way until the top of the fifth, when the Golden Eagles scored two more runs off starting pitcher Devonta Stanford — on a sacrifice fly and an error — to take a 4-3 lead. That didn’t last long, however. In the bottom of the fifth, Griffin’s Keyston Fuller walked, stole second and reached third on the throwing error. DH Daniel Gooden then blasted a triple to left, scoring Fuller to tie the game at 4-all. After a walk to John Pope, Montico Dodson grounded out to score Gooden and Telly Sloan singled home pinch-runner Dee Underwood from second to give the Bears the lead for good at 6-4.
Griffin scored four more runs in the sixth for insurance and EL scored one final run off relief pitcher Quantico Dodson for the final 10-5 margin. Stanford went 5 innings, allowing 1 earned run on four hits with no strikeouts and 3 walks for Griffin, which hosts region foe Upson-Lee today at 5:55 p.m.
Newnan 4, Griffin 0 (Wednesday):
NEWNAN — Bears senior Thrayland Lowe pitched a complete-game three-hitter, but it wasn’t enough as the Bears lost 4-0 to the Newnan Cougars in a non-region road contest Wednesday evening.
Griffin only managed two hits in support of Lowe — singles from John Pope and Tripp Bridges. The Bears turned in three double-plays in the game for Lowe, who struck out one and walked six in the contest.
GRIFFIN HIGH
Date| Opponent |Time
2/18 |Russell Co. |W 10-7
2/27 |STOCKBRIDGE* |W 13-0
3/2 |vs. Howard |W 13-12
3/2 |vs. WACO |W 15-0
3/4 |WOODLAND* |W 2-1
3/6 |Riverdale* |W 20-10
3/8 |Dutchtown* |L 4-3
3/12 |JONESBORO* |L 6-1
3/13 |Newnan |L 4-0
3/14 |E. LANDING* |W 10-5
3/15 |UPSON-LEE* |5:55
3/18 |N. Clayton* |5:55
3/20 |SPALDING* |5:55
3/22 |L. Grove* |5:55
3/27 |Stockbridge* |5:55
3/29 |Jonesboro* |5:55
4/1 |Woodland* |5:55
4/3 |RIVERDALE* |5:55
4/5 |DUTCHTOWN* |5:55
4/8 |E. Landing* |5:30
4/10 |Ola |5:55
4/12 |Upson-Lee* |5:55
4/15 |N. CLAYTON* |5:55
4/17 |Spalding* |5:55
4/19 |L. GROVE* |5:55
4/26 |Pike Co. |5:30
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