STATESBORO — Morgan County’s Hudson Reed broke up a scoreless tie with a two-out homer in the bottom of the fifth and the Bulldogs piled on eight more runs in the sixth to finish off the sweep of Pierce County to clinch the Class AA title Monday night winning 9-0.
The second-seed Bulldogs (36-4) sent 14 batters to the plate during the decisive sixth inning pulling away from a 1-0 advantage, courtesy of Reed’s roundtripper to leftcenter off Emmitt Hall (5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 K, 3 BB), to beat the Bears (33-6).
It marked top-seed PCHS’s sixth consecutive loss in the state championship round and third time being swept (Lovett - 1994, North Hall 2017) in four trips. The Bears’ lone victory came in the 2012 finals in Game 1 vs. Appling County.
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