Trojan rally falls short at South Gibson

 


A night after getting defeated by a dozen and held to just two hits in the opening game of the home-and-home series with South Gibson, the Trojans looked to pick up a win on the Hornets home field but came up just short, falling 6-5 on Tuesday.

South Gibson looked poised to repeat their performance from Monday night on Tuesday as the Hornets scored three times in the bottom of the first inning to take a 3-0 lead.

Dyersburg got on the board for the first time in the series in the top of the third frame. Evan Thompson was hit by a pitch with one out then scored later in the inning on an Alex Page single to cut the South Gibson lead to 3-1 after the top of the third inning.

The Trojans pulled even two innings later as Ty Seaton led off with a single then Logan Cohen reached on a sacrifice bunt. Thompson then doubled in two runs to tie the game at 3-3. Thompson scored later in the inning as Page doubled him in to put the Trojans on top 4-3 heading into the bottom of the fifth.

South Gibson answered with a pair of runs on a sacrifice fly by Cade Allen and a passed ball to take a 5-4 lead after five frames.

The Hornets picked up what turned out to be an important insurance run on a double from Beasley to go up 6-4 heading into the seventh inning.

Dyersburg had one last rally in the Trojan bats as Cohen drew a walk then Ryan Wesson singled two batters later. Page grounded into a fielder’s choice to score a run and cut the South Gibson lead to one before a ground out ended the game for the South Gibson win.

Page led the way for the Trojans with a double and a single while Wesson added a pair of singles in the loss.

Dyersburg returns to the field on Thursday when the Trojans travel to Bethel University to take on Milan at 6 p.m.

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