Lanier High Baseball: Recaps: BULLDOGS WIN 1A EAST TITLE WITH 5-1 VICTORY OVER BACON

THE BULLDOGS ROLLED INTO PEARSON FOR THE BUBBLE GAME WITH DEFENDING CHAMPS FROM ALMA. WHEN THE DUST CLEARED, THE BULLDOGS  WERE THE CHAMPIONS OF THE EAST AS THEY WON 5-1 . STARTER NATHAN BASS WENT THE DISTANCE FOR HIS 5TH STRAIGHT REGION VICTORY . HE IS NOW 6-2 ON THE SEASON. HE SCATTERED 7 HITS IN THE GAME AND  JOSH FENDER MADE A COUPLE OF OUTSTANDING PLAYS AT THIRD. ETHAN MCRAE GOT THING STARTED WITH A SOLO HOMERUN IN THE FIRST. LANIER'S DEFENSE HELD STRONG UNTIL THE DAWGS WENT UP 2-0 ON A NATHAN BASS HOMERUN. AFTER MCRAE REACHED ON  AN A ERROR AND CORY MARTIN SINGLED, BRANDON  MASTIN DELIVERED A 2 RBI BLAST OFF THE RCF FIELD FENCE. MASTIN LATER SCORED ON A SACRIFICE BUNT TO MAKE IT 5-0. FROM THERE BASS AND THE DEFENSE HELD OFF A BARRAGE OF HARD HIT BALLS TO ALLOW JUST ONE RUN.  OVERALL , JOSH FENDER LEAD LANIER GOING 2 FOR 3. IT WAS A GREAT EFFORT ON THE MOUND FOR BASS WHO DID NOT HAVE HIS BEST STUFF. GOOD PITCHERS WIN WHEN THEY ARE NOT ON TOP OF THEIR GAME. THE DEFENSE PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL.  WE JUST GOT THE BIG HITS WHEN WE HAD TO, AND WE MADE BIG PLAYS DEFENSIVELY WHEN THE GAME WAS ON THE LINE.