Horace J. Jackson Field was the site for the 1st round of State Playoffs where our Jefferson Dragons hosted the Indians of Lumpkin County. The Dragons took control of the best of 3 series in the Friday night Double header as they went on to sweep Lumpkin County by scores of 7-1 in game 1 and 10-0 in game 2.
In Game 1, the Dragons stayed quite through the 1st 2 innings and fell behind 1-0 after an RBI single in the 1st inning for Lumpkin giving them an early lead. By the 3rd inning, however the Dragons began to heat up scoring 2 runs on 4 hits in the 3rd. #12 Zack Boobas (2-for-3 2B 2Runs) led the 3rd off with a Double. After advancing to 3rd on a Sac Bunt by #10 Joshua Hutch (1-for-2 Run), and RBI single for #18 Will Breese (1-for-3 RBI 2Runs) put the Dragons on the board. Two more hits followed by #20 Taylor Wilkes (2-for-4 Run) and #8 Hunter Thompson (2-for-4 3B 2RBI). Breese then scored on a RBI Sac Fly to left by #19 Christian Hutch (0-for-2 RBI BB). Jefferson tacked on 3 more runs in the 5th, captilizing on 3 Indian errors in the inning. The final two runs came in the 6th after back-to-back hits for Zack Boobas and Christian Hutch to lead off the inning, who later scored on a Hunter Thompson Triple. #22 Micah Capenter took to the mound for game 1. After a shaky 1st inning that saw the Indians score their only run of the night, Carpenter settle in to shut down Lumpkin County the rest of the way. Carpenter pitched 7 complete game innings recording 6 Ks for the night and allowing just 1 run on 3 hits.
The Dragons picked up in game 2 where they left off in game 1. The first run came in the 1st inning when Taylor Wilkes (1-for-3 4RBI HR 2Runs) reached based on an Indian error at 3rd. Wilkes later scored on an RBI Single by #9 Jake Franklin (2-for-3 4RBI HR Run). The big offensive surge, however, came in the 3rd inning. Hunter Thompson (2-for-3 2B Run) led the inning off with a Double, followed by Chrisitan Hutch (1-for-3 Run) with a Single. Jake Franklin then followed with a 3 Run Home Run. Micah Carpenter (1-for-4 Run) started right back with a Single and then scored on an RBI Double by #7 Ethan Garner (2-for-4 2B HR 2RBI). Zack Boobas (1-for-3 Run) then followed with a Single and #13 Jared Bates (1-for-2 Run) reached after being hit by a pitch and Will Breese (1-for-2 Run)followed with Walk. This set things for Taylor Wilkes who came up big with a Grand Slam shot to Right Center scoring 4 more runs. Jefferson's final run came in the 6th when Ethan Garner drove a Solo Home Run giving the Dragons a 10-0 lead. Garner also got the start for the Dragons on the mound for Game 2. Garner pitched 5 shutout innings, recording 7 Ks an allowing on 3 hits. Jake Franklin came on to close the game out in the 6th, facing 3 batters with 2 Ks and securing the win.
The Dragons will now advance to the Sweet 16 for Round 2 of the State playoffs. They will travel 250 miles south to take on the Pierce County Bears in Blackshear with a Double-Header on Wednesday evening and then Thursday if neccessary. Good Luck to our Dragons this week!
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