#7-ranked Tallulah Falls dropped its playoff-opening series to #9-ranked Stratford Academy on Friday. The Indians lost a tough 8-6 game one before a 12-2 finale.
In the opener, Stratford held a sizable 6-0 lead going into the fourth before TFS chipped away. An Ashton Roache homerun to right got the Indians on the board, and made him the all-time homerun leader in school history with 10. The home team scored three more in the fifth to make it a 7-4 game, but Stratford buckled down for the win. Roache and Justin Smith each had two RBI, while Chase Pollock took the tough-luck loss after going 6.2 innings and striking out six.
Stratford had a slim 2-0 lead until the Indians rallied in the fourth. Pollock hit his first career homer, a 2-run shot to tie the game on a fly ball to left. It didn’t hold long, as Stratford added two in the fourth, two in the fifth, and six in the sixth. BJ Carver had two hits, and Cole Bonitatibus took the loss on the bump.
TFS closes the campaign with a 21-11 overall record.
