SKIPPERVILLE - After 25 years, Ariton baseball is going to back to a state championship series.
Sparked by a nine-run fifth inning, the Purple Cats avenged two straight state semifinal series losses to county rival G.W. Long on Wednesday night, downing the Rebels 14-8 to win the series two games to one.
Ariton trailed 6-3 before erupting for nine runs to surge ahead and added two runs in the seventh to earn the win. Cohen Pritchett followed with a RBI single to left, Blayne Wood delivered a deep sacrifice fly to right and Bryson Hughes added another run-scoring single to make it 5-1. Ariton erupted for nine runs in the top of the fifth, sending 14 batters to the plate. The inning featured five Ariton hits plus three walks and three hit batters by Rebel pitchers.
The Rebels came charging back in the next inning, loading the bases with two outs off two errors plus a single by Pritchett. A single by Grant Watson plated Brady, but Evans got a force out at second to get out of the bases-loaded jam. Ariton, down 2-0, seized on the opportunity against Rebel relief pitching, sending 12 to the plate during a nine-run outburst.
Cook scored during a throwing error on a Phenix Griffin grounder. After Griffin was caught stealing, Thrash lofted a two-run homer to left to make it 9-2.Ariton left-handed pitcher Coleman Bragg went six-plus innings, giving up five hits – two in the top of the seventh before being pulled – and four runs with only one run earned. He struck out five and walked three.G.W. Long finished with four hits, including two from Blayne Wood.
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