McCallie’s John Hennon holds his glove high after tagging Dalton’s Grant Sane at second base early in the Tennessee-Georgia all-star baseball game at McCallie School in Chattanooga. Sane connected a pulled a shot to right field, but was thrown out after he attempted to stretch it for two bases.Team Tennessee improved to 12-1 in the annual Tennessee-Georgia baseball Classic, besting Georgia 4-0 Wednesday in the annual Stump on Sports contest.
The shutout marked Tennessee’s fifth win in the last six games.
“We hit the ball, we pitched well and we defended,” said Tennessee coach Steve Garland of East Hamilton.
The Volunteer state banged out 13 hits led by John Simmons’ 2-for-2 showing and Nathan Murrell’s 2-for-3 effort. East Hamilton’s Hunter Parker’s two-run single in the second gave Tennessee all the runs it would need but Tyner’s Chae Butler and Coffee County’s Peyton Meeker added insurance RBIs in the fourth. Simmons played for Walker Valley and Murrell for Boyd-Buchanan.
Parker, who was obviously enjoying himself from the start of events in the home run derby, was named the game’s MVP. The left-fielder nailed a runner at second base and then moved to center and made a rally-killing catch almost at the wall.