Bulldogs fall in marathon

Posted 3/22/17

In a game that went on for nearly five hours, the Como-Pickton Eagles outlasted Quitman in a 20-16 win over the Bulldogs. Quitman banged out 15 hits to 13 for the Eagles. But eight errors spelled …

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Bulldogs fall in marathon

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In a game that went on for nearly five hours, the Como-Pickton Eagles outlasted Quitman in a 20-16 win over the Bulldogs. Quitman banged out 15 hits to 13 for the Eagles. But eight errors spelled doom for the Bulldogs.

Quitman built a 9-4 lead through three innings and still led 9-7 after four frames and had a 13-10 lead after six innings. The Eagles scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning to take a 15-13 lead, but the Bulldogs came right back to tie the game at 15-15 to send the game into extra innings. Como-Pickton scored five more runs in the top of the eighth and the Bulldogs could only muster one run in the bottom of the inning to come out on the losing end by the 20-16 score.

“That was the craziest game I think I have ever been a part of. We were ahead several times during the game and just could not put them away,” Quitman Coach Hayland Hardy said. “One of the umpires told me the game lasted four hours and 38 minutes.”

The Bulldogs fell to Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill Thursday 12-2, once again plagued by eight errors. A.J. Dunn and Jake Farmer each had doubles while Dawson Hudman added an RBI single and Ben Burroughs also added a single. The Bulldogs are now 5-6 on the season.

They were to finish the pre-season schedule at home against Cooper at press time Monday night before embarking on district play against Grand Saline Friday at home at 7 p.m.