The Tallulah Falls Indians unleashed their offense in a 14-run rout of visiting East Hall on Wednesday evening, playing well in all phases of the game in a 14-4 win.
The TFS lineup collected 16 hits, while 3 pitchers combined to throw a 1-hitter. The defense played an error-free ballgame, as the Indians got contributions from just about every player who came in the game.
Tallulah Falls held a slim 1-0 lead after the first 3 and a half innings but wore out home plate in the fourth inning with an 8-spot. East Hall retaliated with 4 runs in the fifth to pull it back to a 9-4 game. TFS scored 5 unanswered, including 4 in the sixth to walk it off with a game-ending bases loaded walk of Tate Shaw that triggered the mercy rule.
Shaw was one of 6 Indians with a multi-hit game. Norman Bastian, Jr. had 3 hits, while Joel Miller, Drew Bates, Frankey Moree, Danny Grant, and Shaw all had 2 hits apiece. Miller recorded 3 RBI, while Bates, Moree, and Tyler Popham all had 2 RBI. Meanwhile, Jeremy Medina went 4.1 innings, allowing 4 earned runs on no hits and 5 walks, striking out 8 and earning the win. Cole Bonitatibus and Aiden Gragg went 1.2 combined innings of relief to close out the game.
Bates had an RBI single in the first to plate Miller, staking Medina and the Indians to an early 1-0 lead. In the 8-run fourth, Popham drove in Caden Walker and Moree with a base hit before scoring himself on an error moments later. Miller, Bates, and Bastian, Jr. recorded RBI singles later in the frame to take a commanding 9-0 lead.
In the fifth, Miller’s single brought home Grant. The sixth inning featured a 2-run single by Moree and a bases loaded hit by pitch by David Medina and a walk with the sacks full by Shaw.
The Indians are now 3-3 on the season and return to the diamond on Friday at East Jackson.
