It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Southwest Georgia Academy can now relate to. They fell just short of the Gatewood Gators by a score of 6-4 on Friday. Southwest Georgia Academy has struggled against Gatewood recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
For Gatewood's part, they got a great performance from John Wallace Thompson as he pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Walker Roberts was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Brannen, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Southwest Georgia Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 15-8-1. As for Gatewood, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 18-7.
As of now, neither Southwest Georgia Academy nor Gatewood have any future games scheduled.
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