MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Meigs County drew first blood, scoring a run in the first inning for what would be a short-lived lead.
That’s all the Tigers got in the TSSAA Class A baseball opener, and they fell to Loretto’s top-ranked Mustangs 11-1 in six innings Tuesday.
“From a defensive and pitching standpoint, you have to be able to mix it up and hit the corners,” Meigs coach Tyler Roberts said. “I’m not going to blame an 11-1 loss on the umpire, but he had a small zone. We had to put it over the middle of the plate to get any calls, and they’re sitting there dead-red.”
The Tigers were held to three hits and Roberts took that into account.
“We had the same opportunity they did and we didn’t execute,” he said. “They definitely hit it better than we did.”