RINGGOLD, Ga. — The Ringgold High School baseball team took advantage of Pepperell mistakes to sweep into the second round of the Georgia Class AAA state playoffs Friday.
The Tigers won 5-2 and then shut out the Dragons 7-0 in the best-of-three series behind speed and pitching. The teams squared off at Ringgold, taking turns as the home team.
“We were able to press with our speed and push situations,” Ringgold coach Brent Tucker said. “We want to run the bases and create errors by putting pressure on them. Even running hard down the line, we created pressure.”
With Ringgold as the visitor in game two, Garrett Yates did not have to do much running to lead off the game, instead trotting around the bases with a homer. The Tigers tacked on three runs in the third to back starting pitcher Garrett Wilbanks.
Jordan Ransom led off with a single and Yates reached on an error behind him. Ty Jones then laid down a bunt that Pepperell threw away trying to get the out, allowing both men on base to score. Jones touched home on Zach Morris’ sacrifice fly.