CALHOUN, Ga. – Under most circumstances and with almost any other pitcher on the mound, Brent Tucker would have paid a visit just to settle things down.
With Nathan Camp toeing the rubber, however, there was no need. The Ringgold High School senior right-hander had just watched his infield defense fall apart with three consecutive errors to open the bottom of the fifth, the Tigers holding a 5-0 lead on Calhoun.
Camp escaped the jam with only one run crossing the plate and the Tigers (10-4) went on to win an important Region 6-AAA opener, 6-2.
“Nathan Camp was big on the mound, working through some errors and battling through a night when he didn’t have his best stuff,” Tucker said. “He just bowed his neck, stayed within himself and worked through the inning. That’s what you expect from a guy with that much experience, and that’s why we trust him so much.”
Camp, already 5-0 on the young season, allowed just two hits and struck out five with three walks while also striking the big blow at the plate with a two-run home run in the second inning. That was part of a four-run inning off Calhoun ace left-hander Davis Allen that also was helped by a Yellow Jackets error and a passed ball.