Boyd-Buchanan Buccaneers force second game, then fall to Knoxville Grace

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A win away from the TSSAA Class A baseball championship game, Boyd-Buchanan got the matchup it wanted against Knoxville Grace Christian.

Having beat the Rams 6-3 in eight innings to force an “if-necessary” game in their half of the bracket, the Buccaneers pitted their ace and freshest arm, Skyler Anderson, against Tanner Fee.

Boyd-Buchanan’s John Sewell pitches during their Division I-A state baseball tournament game against Knoxville Grace on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at the TSSAA Spring Fling in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Saving Anderson was a gamble but one that worked out well in the first meeting as the Bucs got five strong innings from John Sewell, their big lefty, and then the final three innings and the win from Brandon Willingham. It was Willingham who took the tournament-opening loss Tuesday, but he got a measure of vengeance with that Thursday first-game win.