Griffin High's Quantico Dodson (4) gets a sign from his coach Saturday afternoon after safely reaching first base at the Bears' Den against Washington County.
The Bears keep their win streak intact, improving to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in region play while Riverdale falls to 1-6, 1-2.
Raiders starting pitcher Brandon Leverette had a rocky first inning. He walked several Bears and gave up some big hits to Griffin which led to their big inning. Bears first baseman Daniel Gooden had 5 RBIs in the inning, getting an RBI single and a nice grand slam to right field to give the Bears a 10-0 cushion. Griffin DH Telly Sloan then had a 2-run double and he eventually scored for the 13-0 margin.
Griffin looked like it would put the Raiders away in three innings, but the Raiders scratched and clawed and extended the game. The Raiders scored 2 runs in the first to make the score 13-2, but Griffin scored twice to make the score 15-2 in the top of the second. In the bottom half of the inning, Riverdale’s Jerome Holmes got a rally started with a nice bunt single and the Raiders scored to make it 15-3. Then Tykeem Cooper smacked a 3-run triple to cut the Bears lead to 15-6. The inning ended with Griffin leading 15-7.
The Bears stifled any hopes of a Raiders rally, scoring four more runs in the third for a 19-7 lead. Riverdale scored 3 more runs to cut the lead to 19-10 in the fourth and Griffin added one more run in the top of the fifth for the final 20-10 margin.
Javier Romero went 2-for 3 for the Raiders. John Pope and several other Bears had two or more hits each for Griffin, which gets back in action Friday at region foe Dutchtown at 6 p.m.
GRIFFIN HIGH
Date| Opponent |Time
2/18 |Russell Co. |W 10-7
2/27 |STOCKBRIDGE* |W 13-0
3/2 |vs. Howard |W 13-12
3/2 |vs. WACO |W 15-0
3/4 |WOODLAND* |W 2-1
3/6 |Riverdale* |W 20-10
3/8 |Dutchtown* |5:55
3/11 |E. LANDING* |5:55
3/12 |Jonesboro* |5:55
3/13 |Newnan |5:30
3/15 |UPSON-LEE* |5:55
3/18 |N. Clayton* |5:55
3/20 |SPALDING* |5:55
3/22 |L. Grove* |5:55
3/27 |Stockbridge* |5:55
3/29 |JONESBORO* |5:55
4/1 |Woodland* |5:55
4/3 |RIVERDALE* |5:55
4/5 |DUTCHTOWN* |5:55
4/8 |E. Landing* |5:30
4/10 |Ola |5:55
4/12 |Upson-Lee* |5:55
4/15 |N. CLAYTON* |5:55
4/17 |Spalding* |5:55
4/19 |L. GROVE* |5:55
4/26 |Pike Co. |5:30
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