Spencer Craig of Baylor SchoolBrentwood Academy jumped to a five-run lead, but Eagles baseball coach Buddy Alexander didn’t think that was enough with his team playing Baylor at Baylor.
Neither did the Baylor reserves, and they were right. The Red Raiders rallied to win 8-7 and earn a berth in the TSSAA Division II state tournament this week in Murfreesboro.
“Morale was slipping, and then we got two walks and a couple of swinging bunts. The non-starters got into it and then everybody got up,” Baylor catcher Spencer Craig said.
“I was glad to get a five-run start, but I didn’t think it was enough,” Alexander said. “I knew it would take every run we could get.”
The Red Raiders scrambled back, finally taking a 7-6 lead in the fifth inning on Craig’s sacrifice fly to right field, making a winner of Brandon Robertson, who had just been cleared by doctors from a shoulder injury and pitched a three-inning relief stint.