MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Meigs County’s baseball team took its second straight loss in the TSSAA Class A state tournament Wednesday, but players and coaches didn’t board the bus and head for home after being eliminated.
They went to another Spring Fling state tournament to support the Meigs softball team’s championship quest.
Even on a losing note, Meigs left the baseball field feeling good about where it had been and where it was headed. Meigs was within an out of securing a win over Gordonsville in a losers-bracket game but fell 7-6.
“It was a heartbreaker the way it ended,” Meigs coach Tyler Roberts said. “We could’ve had it, and I’m still super proud of the way we played. It’s just a tough loss.”
Meigs (23-12) got behind right out of the chute but countered the 3-0 deficit with a four-run burst in the second inning. Gordonsville (16-20) rallied – tying the game at 4 in the fourth and taking a one-run lead in the top of the fifth – but Meigs regained the lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth.