Lanier High Baseball: Recaps: LANIER DEFEATS BACONTON; 11-3 QUALIFIES FOR REGION TITLE GAME

LANIER TRAILED 3-1 EARLY AS THE BLAZERS (18-5) SCORED ON 2 UNEARNED RUNS IN THE 3RD INNNG BEFORE THEY BROKE LOOSE WITH A SOLO HOMERUN BY RYAN WHITE (7TH) AND ETHAN MCRAE FOLLOWED WITH A 2 RUN BLAST (8TH) TO TIE THE GAME UP . THE DAWGS SCORED ANOTHER RUN IN THE INNING TO TAKE A 4-3 ON AN RBI SINGLE BY BRANDON MASTIN . IN THE 5TH, LANIER PUT THE GAME AWAY WITH 4 MORE RUNS AS BASS WALKED, MCRAE SINGLED. JOSH FENDER HAD A 2 RBI DOUBLE TO RCF. JORDAN PATTEN DELIVERED A 2 RBI SINGLE TO MAKE IT 9-3. LANIER ADDED ONE IN THE 6TH ON A  WALK BY MCRAE AND AN RBI SINGLE BY BRANDON MASTIN. SENIOR NATHAN BASS PITCHED ALLOWING 7 HITS AND EXTENDING HIS STREAK OF NO WALKS IN 30 STRIAGHT INNINGS. BASS RAN HIS RECORD TO 8-2 ON THE SEASON AND PERFECT IN REGION PLAY 6-0. WITH THE WIN LANIER ADVANCES TO TAKE ON SEMINOLE COUNTY IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN DONALSONVILLE ON TUESDAY.