STAFF REPORT
MURFREESBORO — The Marshall County Tigers slugged 10 hits against Central Magnet and picked up a key win on the road on Monday night, winning 10-7.
Central Magnet plated a single run in the first and third innings before blowing the game wide open with two huge innings and eventually coasting to the 10-7 win.
Trailing 2-0 by the end of the third, the Tigers rallied for four runs in the top of the fourth inning.
Carson Henderson got the block party started, scoring Reid Mitchell on a RBI double.
Henderson followed up with a RBI double to tie the game at two, before Aden Kirby scored the go-ahead run run on a sac fly.
DJ Gardner knocked in a fourth run of the game on a ground ball single to center field, doubling up Central Magnet for a 4-2 lead.
After starting pitcher Eli Cross posted a scoreless fourth, the Tigers went back to work at the plate and knocked in five more runs, with Gibby Miller driving in a fifth Tiger run on a RBI single to right.
Kendrick Tears drove in another run on a fielder’s choice before Gardner scored a seventh Tiger run on another sac fly.
Marshall County plated three more runs in the inning to take a commanding 9-2 lead.
That’s when things got interesting.
Central Magnet responded with a five-spot in the bottom of the sixth, but the Marshall County bullpen was able to lock down the win by pitching a scoreless seventh inning.
In the end, Gardner, Cross and Miller each drove in two runs in the win, with Henderson and Hery each smacking a double.
Cross got the win on the bump, pitching five strong innings, allowing two runs, only one of which was earned, on four hits while striking out four.
Marshall Co. 000 450 1 — 10 10 1
Central Magnet 101 005 0 — 7 7 4
Marshall Co.: DJ Gardner 2-for-3, Eli Cross 2-for-4, Lucas Hery 1-for-5, Cahlin Henry 1-for-3, Carson Henderson 1-for-4, Gibby Miller 2-for-3, Kendrick Tears 1-for-4.
WP: Cross
