CALHOUN, Ga. – Ask Brent Tucker to name the one thing the coach wants each of his Ringgold High School baseball teams to do, and the answer comes quickly.
Battle. The Tigers did just that Friday night to pull out a 7-4 win at Calhoun, scoring six runs in the seventh inning after having no one on base and two outs.
“You look at the first six innings, we had two lefties out there pitching their tails off, but people will look at the final score and believe this was a wild one,” Tucker said, referring to Calhoun starter Davis Allen and Ringgold’s Holden Tucker. “Well, the seventh inning was, but before that the two pitchers were dominant.
“The guys stayed in there and battled. We got into their bullpen and took advantage of some things, and now we’re going to get out of here before they make us play another inning.”
Ringgold (18-3) improved to 10-1 in Region 6-AAA while dropping the Yellow Jackets to 12-10, 7-5.