CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. – When Gordon Lee needed a savior, it didn’t have to look far.
With the Trojans facing elimination Friday during the GHSA Class AA first-round playoff series against Holy Innocents’, senior Tucker Bradley came to the rescue. After his team lost 6-2 against the No. 4 seed from powerful Region 6, Bradley pitched a three-hit, 15-strikeout shutout and homered in an 8-0 victory.
The Trojans (21-7) and Golden Bears (19-9) will settle the series today at 2 p.m. in Chickamauga, weather permitting.
Gordon Lee was leading 1-0 in game one when the visitors strung together three hits, a walk and hit batter to score four runs, more than enough runs for ace Hugh Chapman. The right-hander limited the Trojans to six hits in six innings and escaped a two-on, two-out jam in the sixth by fanning Trojans slugger Chaney Rogers.
Gordon Lee rallied behind Bradley in game two, getting a single run in the first inning on Dylan Minghini’s two-out single and two in the third as Rogers got a measure of revenge with a two-run double against side-arming Alfredo Granier.