Clarksville, TN – Tullahoma hit four home runs, July 22nd at Griff Schmittou Field, on its way to eliminate Clarksville National in the 12-year old Little League State Tournament by a 13-1 final.
It would be errors early-on that pull Clarksville National in a hole, as Tullahoma scored a pair of runs in the top of the first inning to take an early 2-0 advantage.
Matt Marcel opened the inning by hitting a ground-rule double just inside the line in right and scored an out later on a throwing error by Clarksville National’s third baseman.
Clarksville National would answer right back in the bottom of the inning with a run, with Gavin Hams starting the inning with a single and scoring on a single by Anthony Patterson, to make it 2-1 Tullahoma after one inning.
But that would be as close as Clarksville National would get, as Tullahoma used six different pitchers to limit the home-town squad to that lone run on just three hits.
Tullahoma would add to its lead in the top of the third inning, scoring two runs off a two-run homer by Ben Fulton – which also scored Marcel, who opened the inning with a single to making it 4-1.
A second home run hit by Tullahoma, to lead off the fourth inning, would extend its lead out to 5-1; as Quintin Howard cleared the fence in left.
For the second straight inning, Tullahoma would lead off with a home run to start an inning, with Tucker blasting a towering shot out to left field in the fifth inning to make it 6-1.
Tullahoma would salt the game away in the sixth inning by scoring seven runs, highlighted by Tucker’s second home run of the game – a two-run shot – as they extended its lead out to 12 runs at 13-1.
Tullahoma will now advance in the loser’s bracket to face the winner of the Obion County-Johnson City game on July 23rd at 8:00pm.
