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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018
"But he bounced back,
settled in and you saw his
velocity pick up a little
bit. He came in and did
what we needed him to
do.”
The Bulldoggs grabbed
a 6-5 lead in the top of the
fifth when Lance Sikes
led off with a double, and
Friend, Sam Darling and
Trevor Maddox all drew
walks to get Sikes across.
Then the flood gates
opened in the seventh.
Maddox was hit by a
pitch to start the frame
and then scored on a triple
by Brady House. Hunt
er Marsh chased House
home with a sacrifice fly,
and the Bulldoggs got
two more insurance runs
when Trace Wells scored
on a wild pitch and Trace
Jeffers knocked an RBI
double.
Marsh led the Bull
doggs at the plate, going
2-for-3 with a three-run
homer, a double and five
RBIs. House had a pair
of doubles and the RBI
triple, Jeffers had two
doubles, and Sikes was
2-for-4 with a double.
"It’s another example
of us having each guy
capable of doing the job,”
Smith said. “It’s coming
from all different parts
of the lineup. All nine
spots have been produc
tive throughout the year
and we always feel like
the next guy up has got a
chance of getting the job
done."
While the nightcap
was more of a slugfest,
game one was more of
an old-fashioned pitch
er’s duel between Wind
er-Barrow freshman
House and Dunwoody
starter Jack Caiaccio,
who both went the dis
tance.
The Bulldoggs struck
early when House
reached on an error to
start the bottom of the
first and courtesy runner
CJ Harrison came around
to score when Zack Smith
hit an opposite-field dou
ble off the left field wall.
Jackson Melton’s RBI
groundout later in the
inning made it 2-0.
House gave up just two
runs on four hits while
striking out five and not
issuing any walks. He set
down the first 10 men he
faced before the Wildcats
cut into the lead in the top
of the fourth with a pair
of doubles.
The Bulldoggs got the
run back in the bottom of
the inning when Sikes led
off with a walk, moved
to third on a base hit
by Jeffers and then trot
ted home on a single by
Friend.
The Wildcats (14-17)
pulled closer in the sixth
on a two-out RBI dou
ble by Will Lavin, but
House retired the final
four Dunwoody batters of
the game to preserve the
victory.
Winder-Barrow, the
No. 1 seed from Region
8, will face a tough test
in the second round
from River Ridge (27-5),
which made quick work
of Northgate in the first
round Friday, winning
15-3 in five innings in
game one and 15-0 in
three innings in game two
to compete the sweep.
The Knights enter as the
No. 2 seed from Region
6 after finishing behind
second-ranked Allatoona
during the regular season.
Smith expects a dif
ficult challenge from a
team that has a catcher
committed to Tennes
see, a pitcher committed
to Florida International
and several other small-
er-school commits.
“They have a very good
team that’s had a lot of
success this year,” Smith
said. “They’re hitting the
ball well right now and
scoring a lot of runs, and
they’ve got two really
good pitchers.”
At first glance, the
Bulldoggs might be con
sidered an underdog from
the outside, but Smith and
COMING AROUND
Winder-Barrow courtesy runner CJ Harrison is
waved around third by Bulldoggs coach Brian
Smith in the bottom of the first inning during game
one of Friday’s doubleheader.
TOUCHING HOME
Winder-Barrow’s Lance Sikes scores on a basehit
during game one of Friday’s doubleheader. The
Bulldoggs swept Dunwoody, 3-2 and 10-5.
WBHS continued from IB
his team are well aware
of how things can change.
Last year, the Bulldoggs
entered the second round
29-2 and ranked No. 1 in
the state, only to be upset
at home by Richmond
Hill in three games.
“That’s the thing about
baseball that’s different
from a lot of other sports;
anything can happen on
any given day,” Smith
said.
“If a team gets hot or
a pitcher gets hot, espe
cially with it being high
school baseball, a lot can
happen. We’re going in
with the mindset that it
doesn’t matter who we’re
playing against, we’re
going to compete and
play our hardest.”
The coach hopes the
home-field advantage
will be a benefit as well.
“We hope to have the
normal group that sits
behind the outfield wall
and helps it feel like a
college ballpark,” he said.
“If we can have that and
more and have that area
behind home plate filled
up, it’ll help create a fun
atmosphere for the kids.”
WINDER-BARROW
VS. DUNWOODY
Game 1
D 000 101 0 — 2 4 3
W 200 100 X — 3 4 0
GOING THE OTHER WAY
Winder-Barrow’s Zack Smith hits an opposite-field RBI double Friday during
game one of the Bulldoggs’ GHSA Class AAAAAA first-round playoff series
against Dunwoody. The Bulldoggs won 3-2 and 10-5 to sweep and advance
to the second round. They’ll host River Ridge in a best-of-three series begin
ning Thursday. Photos by Scott Thompson
Game 2 COMING UP WITH IT CLEANLY
W 103 110 4 — 10 11 0 Winder-Barrow second baseman Trevor Maddox fields a ground ball during
Dill 200 0 — 5 10 1 game one of Friday’s doubleheader.
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