Baseball Ads to state; series victory at KDB
KINGSPORT — On the road against Dobyns-Bennett High School in a best-of-three Sectional series with a state trip on the line, the Farragut Admirals split the first two games with the Indians. The season came down to a do-or-die game three.
FHS prevailed 7-3 Thursday, May 15. The chance for yet another state title remains alive.
In the deciding game — after winning 10-0 Wednesday, May 14, before falling 10-3 despite an Owen Stelzer homer earlier in the day Thursday — Stelzer’s three-run homer in the top of the second gave FHS a 3-0 lead. Jackson Zeller made it 4-0 in the third with a run-scoring single.
Pinch-hitter Nash Spurgeon’s RBI-single in the fourth increased the lead to 5-0. The Indians (31-10 record) cut it to 5-2 in the fifth, but Braxton Tye’s double pushed the lead to 6-2 in the sixth. KDB cut it to 6-3, but Braden Humphrey’s RBI completed the scoring in the seventh.
Staff ace Cole Draper started and went four and two-thirds innings for the Ads (28-11), giving up five hits, two earned runs and four walks with three strikeouts. Reliever Benny Miller finished the game.
Game one Wednesday, May 14, saw Farragut dominate 10-0. FHS pitcher Reid Thomason started and went four innings, striking out six and giving up five hits and one walk. Brodie Roberts relieved and gave up two hits, one walk and struck out four in two innings.
The Admirals led 2-0 after one inning before a two-run double by Travis Brummitt Jr. made it 4-0 after three. An RBI single by Jake Harris and Brummitt’s second two-run double upped the lead to 7-0 in the fourth. Run-scoring hits by Zeller and Stelzer made it 10-0 in the sixth.
