Dragons Take Game 2 Against The Patriots In High Scoring Affair

For the nightcap of our Wednesday, it was the 2nd game of the doubleheader between the Dragons & the Patriots of Paulding County. Unlike game 1, this game had offense early & often.

In game 2, Paulding County struck early. The Patriots tacked on 7 runs in the top of the 1st. The Dragons had a nice answer in the bottom of the frame as Dominic Stephens drove in 2 & Zack Moore drove in 1 to cut the Paulding County lead to 7-3, going to the 2nd. In the top of the 2nd, Andrew Hasbrouck, who came on in relief of starter Will Lawrence, needed only 11 pitches to get the Pickens bats back up to the plate. The red hot Dragon bats struck for 8 runs in the bottom of the 2nd to take an 11-7 lead going to the 3rd.

Hasbrouck continued his short inning work as he only needed 12 pitches to end the top of the 3rd for the Patriots. The Dragons however, would go in order in the bottom of the inning to send us to the 4th. In the 4th, Paulding County cut the Pickens lead in half as two runs came across to make it 11-9 going to the bottom half of the inning. An RBI from Brady Moore, Joseph Gossett, & Stephens, & 1 unearned run scored by Z. Moore, stretched the lead out for the Dragons to 15-9 going to the 5th.

The Patriots would score two runs on relief pitchers Clate McArthur & Jackson Jones in the top of the 5th to once again, cut into the Dragons lead at 15-11. The bottom of the frame saw Pickens tack on three more runs to make it 18-11 going to the 6th. Jackson Jones was able to get out of the top of the 6th without giving up any runs. Stephens, in the bottom of the inning, sent a shot over the left field wall to make it 19-11. Wyatt Gooch would then drive in Z. Moore to make it 20-11 going to the 7th. After scoring one run in the top of the 7th, Damian Watkins was able to shut the Patriots down and seal the win for the Dragons, 20-12.

With the win, Pickens is now 2-3 on the early season. The Dragons will be back in action in a busy filled week next week with all the games at home. First up, a rematch with the Wolverines of Woodstock on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. The first meeting between these two teams went into extra innings with Woodstock winning 1-0.