Baseball: Eagles Walk Off Game 2 to Complete DH Sweep of Toccoa Falls
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Toccoa Falls | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
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Trinity Baptist | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 | 7 | 1 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final (11) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |
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Toccoa Falls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
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Trinity Baptist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
A walk-off win in Game 2 capped the double-header sweep, and TBC Eagles Baseball won the three-game series with South Region rival Toccoa Falls College 2 games to 1. TBC won Saturday's opener 7-4 to even the series before a thrilling nightcap made the home crowd happy.
Game 2: Eagles 3, Toccoa Falls 2 (11 Innings)
Dominic Gattinella beat out the relay throw to first to stave off the inning-ending double play, and Blake Bandy scored the game winner in walk-off fashion.
Bandy pinch ran for Jacob Brigman, who reached on an error with one out. Nate Nogueras followed with a base hit to right, and Bandy, who took off on the hit-and-run, raced to third ahead of the throw. Toccoa intentionally walked Logan McGann to bring up Gattinella.
The game-winning fielder's choice was Gattinella's second RBI of the game. He doubled home McGann (single, stolen base) in the second to tie the score at 1-1.
Toccoa regained the lead in the fifth, but Nogueras tied it up again with a base hit in the sixth that plated Larson Lott (double). Neither team scored again until the 11th.
Nogueras won it in relief with 3 scoreless innings, allowing 3 hits while walking 3 and striking out 3. In the top of the 11th, a double steal put Toccoa runners at second and third with one out; Nogueras induced a ground ball at Seth Reeves, who looked the runners back and got the out at first. Nogueras then fanned the next man to end he threat. He also made a high-leaping catch at shortstop earlier to rob Toccoa of a hit and possible run.
[Nate Nogueras: W, 3 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 3 K; 3 for 5, RBI in Game 2 win]
Following his Game 1 save, Drew Billings pitched 4 scoreless innings after entering in the 5th with the bases loaded and nobody out. He got 2 popups, and after a hit batsman put Toccoa ahead 2-1, he then ended the inning and pitched three more.
Game 1: Eagles 7, Toccoa Falls 4
Trinity rallied for 5 runs in the second on 3 hits and 2 errors. TBC got RBI singles from Burke and Lott plus a run from Gattinella on a wild pitch. In among those plays was a missed grounder and overthrow from left that allowed both Reeves (single) and Onkst (walk) to score. Trinity led 5-0 at the inning's end.
Toccoa, though, got 4 back in the top of the third on RBI's from Aiden Dumas (bunt), Charlie Compton (ground ball), and Ryan McCarron (single) and a passed ball.
Trinity added single runs in the fifth and sixth to build the lead to 7-4.
Billings notched a two-inning save (8), allowing 1 hit and 1 walk while fanning 3.
[Drew Billings: 6 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 SV combined in the two games]
Bandy won it in relief with 2.2 scoreless innings in which he served up only 1 hit and 2 walks while striking out 1.
Both teams made many spectacular plays all throughout the series.
Next Up
Trinity will host the South Region's Paine College on Friday (single) and Saturday (double-header), April 4 and 5. USCAA Atlantis University comes to town on April 11 and 12.
