It was a two-for-one on Thursday at home for the #4-ranked Indians, who took both ends of the twin billing at home against Commerce to sweep the season series. A 10-3 opening win was followed by a 6-3 win in the nightcap. TFS drilled four homeruns in the double-header.
GAME 1
The Indians put up crooked numbers in four separate innings, including scoring twice in each of the first three frames. It was 7-0 by the fifth, and after the Tigers got one on the board, TFS responded with three in the home half.
Diego Gonzalez had a sac fly in the first before Ashton Roache added an RBI single on a liner to right. Gregory Mendez then blasted a two-run homer, his first for Tallulah Falls, to stake starter Cole Bonitatibus to a 4-0 lead after two.
Zaiden Cox scored on an error in the third after hitting a triple. In the sixth, Danny Grant doubled in a run, then Wyatt Dorsey singled in one more, with another scoring on an error. Grant had two hits and two runs with an RBI, while Caden Walker had a hit, three runs, and two stolen bases. Bonitatibus (3-0) picked up the win while lasting six innings and giving up one unearned run while striking out 13 batters, which ties the single-game record for TFS.
W: Cole Bonitatibus (3-0)
HR: Gregory Mendez (1)
RBI: 2 Gregory Mendez; Danny Grant; Diego Gonzalez; Wyatt Dorsey; Ashton Roache
GAME 2
The nightcap was a lot more intense for the Indians, as the game was knotted up at two apiece after four innings. TFS scored in the opening inning with an RBI single by Chase Pollock. Commerce tied it up in the third before the Indians responded in the home half with a run coming off a balk. The Tigers again tied it up in the fourth.
Diego Gonzalez had started the game but came out in the fourth inning in favor of Pollock. TFS unlocked the power with back-to-back solo homers in the fifth by Chris Waldron and Caden Walker. Danny Grant scampered home on a wild pitch moments later before Ashton Roache launched a homer to right, making it three in the inning for the Indians. It marked the second time in school history with back-to-back homers (last in 2022), and the three in one inning tied for the second-most (also in 2022). The record is four (2022).
Pollock (2-1) went the final 3.2 innings to earn the win in relief. He struck out five while giving up one run. Waldron had two hits, two runs, and two stolen bases in the win. The Indians are now 10-3 overall and 5-1 in region play, and have pieced together a school-record five wins in a row.
W: Chase Pollock (2-1)
HR: Chris Waldron (1), Caden Walker (1), Ashton Roache (2)
RBI: Chase Pollock, Caden Walker, Chris Waldron, Ashton Roache
