The Coffee County Red Raider 17U baseball team traveled to Coalmont on Tuesday to tangle with Grundy County. The Raiders and Yellow Jackets squared off in a pair of 5 inning games. Coffee County fought to a split winning a 2 to 0 decision and dropping a 6 to 2 game to Grundy.
In the loss, Grundy County sent 10 batters to the plate in the first inning as they banged out 6 hits and used 2 Raider errors to plate 5 runs. Grundy County came back in the 2nd inning to tack on an insurance run. Coffee County got an RBI double from Ryan Stephens in the 2nd inning and a RBI sacrifice fly from Braden Brown in the 3rd for their 2 scores. Kael McCall had a double while Griffin Meeker and Gage Edwards added singles as the Red Raiders were held to 4 hits.
In the Coffee County win, the Raiders got on the board in the 1st inning after Braden Brown led off with a double and came around to score. Brown led off the 5th inning with a single and was driven home by a Skylar Bratcher double. Brown finished the game going 3 for 3. Bratcher had a single and a double and reached on an error.
The 17U Red Raiders will travel to Lincoln County on Wednesday night for a 4 PM game with the Falcons. The 15U Red Raiders will be at home on Wednesday night as they play host to Shelbyville. First pitch is set for 5 PM at Powers Field.
