Gainesville, Ga — The series between the Pickens Dragons and the North Hall Trojans shifted over to Gainesville for game two on Thursday, March 12th. After taking game one on Tuesday, the Dragons, were looking to pick up a big series win. The Trojans, were looking to even up the series heading to game three on Friday. The Trojans, got a 5-run bottom of the fifth and a complete game shut out by Kaleb Sexton to pick up the win, 6-0.

Robert Turner, would reach on a lead off single on the first pitch of the game. Sexton, would pick up a double play to erase that single. Kam Jenkins, would keep the top of the first alive for the Dragons with a 2-out single. Sexton, would get out of the first with a pop out. Dragons starter Jackson Nunn, would work a scoreless bottom of the first with a pop out and a pair of ground outs. Heading to the second, the game was still tied at 0.

Jennings Allen, would lead off the top of the second by getting hit with a pitch. Sexton, would get out of the second after a strikeout, a line out, and a force out. In the bottom of the second, the Trojans, would pick up three straight singles from T. Davis, K. Foudy, and J. Johnson. Davis, would come in to score after E. Etris was hit by a pitch to make it 1-0. Nunn, would get out of the second after a pop out and a strikeout. Heading to the third, the Trojans led the Dragons, 1-0.

Turner, would pick up his second hit of the game with a 1-out single in the top of the third. Turner, would advance to 2nd after a ground out by AJ Rice. Back to back walks by Jenkins and Dawson Lowit, would load the bases with 2-out. Sexton, would get out of the third with a line out as the Dragons would leave the bases loaded. Nunn, would toss a scoreless bottom of the third with a pair of pop outs and a ground out.

The Dragons, would go down in order in the top of the fourth as Sexton would pick up a pair of ground outs and a strikeout. Nunn, would get the Trojans in order with three pop outs in the bottom half of the inning. Heading to the fifth, North Hall led Pickens, 1-0.

Nothing doing for the Dragons in the top of the fifth as Sexton would pick up a line out, a ground out, and a strikeout in a scoreless frame. Nunn, would quickly get the first two outs of the bottom of the fifth via a ground out and a strikeout. B. Crawford, would keep the inning alive for the Trojans by drawing a walk. T. Kemp, would follow that up with a single. Crawford, would come around to score on an error to make it 2-0. Kemp, would take 2nd on the play.

Kemp, would advance to 3rd after a passed ball. J. Bolton, would bring in Kemp with an RBI single to make it 3-0. S. McGarvey, would drive in pitch runner N. Kemp with an RBI double to make it 4-0 Trojans. McGarvey, would come around to score after Davis would reach on a two base error. After Davis advanced to 3rd on a wild pitch, Foudy, would bring in Davis to make it 6-0. The Dragons, would get out of the fifth with a strikeout.

Jenkins and Lowit, would lead off the top of the sixth with back to back walks as the Dragons would look to get back into it. Allen, would reach on a fielder’s choice as pitch runner Cooper Helmuth, would be forced out at 2nd. Courtesy runner Caden Kirchoff, would advance to 3rd on the play. Sexton and the Trojans, would get out of the sixth with their second double play of the game to send it to the bottom of the inning.

Tanner Bail, would come on in relief of Elijah Barton, who got the final out in the bottom of the fifth, for the bottom of the sixth. Bail, would need only five pitches as he picked up a pop out and a pair of ground outs in a scoreless frame. Heading to the seventh, the Trojans led the Dragons, 6-0.

Truitt Grubbs, would lead off the top of the seventh by drawing a walk. Christian Starks, would follow that up with a single to put runners at 1st and 2nd. Sexton, would finish off the complete game shutout with a pop out, a line out, and a strikeout as the Trojans would even up the series with a 6-0 win in game two.

Stats for the Dragons:

Robert Turner: 2-4 with 2 singles

Kam Jenkins: 1 single and 2 walks

Dawson Lowit: 2 walks

Jennings Allen: 1 hit by pitch

Truitt Grubbs: 1 walk

Christian Starks: 1-3 with 1 single

The third and final game of the series, will shift back over to Jasper and Dunn Field on Friday, March 13th. First pitch is scheduled for 6 pm.