Per tournament rules, a tie in Soddy-Daisy’s Trojans Classic counts as half a win and half a loss.
That situation reared its sister-kissing ugly head Thursday as the host Trojans let a sure baseball victory slip away and Rhea County shrugged off six scoreless at-bats and rallied with four runs in the top of the seventh inning to avoid a full loss.
“It’s sort of like when you have that girlfriend you really like and she keeps breaking your heart and you keep coming back thinking she won’t do it this time,” Soddy-Daisy coach Jared Hensley said. “But we’ve had our heart broken a ton this year, and we’re a little numb to the pain.”
His Trojans got a strong five-inning pitching performance from Dylan Perry – just one hit allowed – and had skipped out to a 4-0 lead through six.
“Our strong suit is that we swing it, but the last two games we’d scored one run,” Rhea County coach Rusty Ray said. “Credit to Soddy-Daisy’s pitcher. He kept us off balance, but I know we’re capable of hitting it. We just walked through this one – didn’t play with a whole lot of concentration or effort except for the seventh inning.”