Noah Anderson
Playing in their 10th game in 11 days, the Red Raider baseball team saw a 6 to 1 lead evaporate in the 5th inning as they dropped a 10 inning contest to Independence in Thompson’s Station on Saturday by a final score of 7 to 6.
With one out in the top of the 3rd, the Raiders plated 6 runs when they strung together 5 hits, a walk, a hit batter and a fielder’s choice to take a 6 to 1 lead. Zach Wise had a double while Jacob Langham, Noah Anderson and Alan Rob each had 1 of their 2 hits on the game as each drove in a Coffee County run. Nathaniel Tate added an RBI single and Gavin Husted earned an RBI on a fielder’s choice.
From that point forward, Coffee County did not get a runner past 2nd base the rest of the game and the Raiders were retired in order in the 8th, 9th and 10th innings. Independence got a 3 run home run in the bottom of the 3rd and added single runs in the 4th and 5th to force extra innings. The Eagles plated the winning run in the 10th inning on a pair of errors to saddle Tate with the loss on the mound.
The Raiders return to district action on Tuesday when they travel to Grider Stadium to take on Tullahoma in a 6 PM rivalry game. On Wednesday, they return to Powers Field for the 2nd game in the season series with Tullahoma. Wednesday night will also be Sponsors Appreciation Night as all of the 2016 sponsors are invited to the game and encouraged to promote their business. Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast of Wednesday’s game beginning with the pregame show at 5:50.
