Eagles Sweep Portal

The Montgomery County High School baseball team swept the Panthers of Portal last week to kick off their Region schedule. The wins improved their overall record to 6-7, and they are now 3-0 in the Region.

Game 1 MCHS scored seven runs in the bottom of the first inning. The first of those was driven in by Marquis Martin, then Eric White walked to bring in a run with the bases loaded, and a double by Bray Williamson put MCHS up 4-0. Jay Harris followed that with a base clearing triple to push the Eagles lead to 7- 0.

In the second inning, Neal Hower picked up an RBI for an 8-0 lead, followed by Jayden Williams' hit to make it 9-0. Harris walked with the bases loaded to put MCHS up 10-0, and then Martin stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and hit a grand slam for a 14-0 lead.

MCHS added a run in the fourth inning as they won the game by the run rule, 15-0.

Luke Burns was on the mound for MCHS and threw a four-inning no hitter.

Game 2

At Portal on Thursday for a double header, the Eagles again racked up the runs on the way to a win. MCHS took the lead in the top of the first inning with one run, but Portal picked up three in the bottom of the frame to take a 3-1 lead.

MCHS answered in the top of the second inning with three more runs. MCHS loaded up the bases, and a hit by batter, a fielder's choice and then a double by Joseph Owens brought in three runs. Portal plated one run in the bottom of the second to tie the game at 4-4.

It wasn't until the top of the fifth inning that the Eagles went back on top. A couple of errors by the Panthers led to six runs from MCHS as they took a 10-4 lead. Portal wasn't done, though, as they scored five more runs it the bottom of the sixth inning to close the MCHS lead to 10-9.

But the Eagles put seven more on the board in the top of the seventh inning. White, Harris, and Martin all picked up RBI's as the Eagles took a 17-9 lead. MCHS held in the bottom of the seventh to win the game by that score.

Game 3

In the final game of the series, Portal took the early lead with two runs in the bottom of the first inning, but consistent at bats from MCHS were the difference in the game. MCHS scored one run in the second inning and another in the third to tie the game at 2- 2.

MCHS took the lead with a run in the top of the fourth inning, but Portal answered with two in the bottom of the fourth to go back on top, 4-3. The Eagles tied the game in the top of the fifth inning at 4-4, and then in the top of the seventh MCHS took the lead with two more runs, 6- 4.

Portal managed to score one run in the bottom of the seventh inning, but the Eagles held on to win the close game, 6- 5.

White led the way for MCHS with three hits in the game, while Hower drove in two runs.

The Eagles took on East Laurens on Monday of this week and Twiggs County on Tuesday, both games after presstime. They will be back in action on Wednesday when they host Wheeler County at 5:30 p.m. and then on Friday at Twiggs County at 4:00 p.m.