{"id":14989,"date":"2019-05-28T20:02:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T01:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportingtimesmagazine.com\/?p=14989"},"modified":"2020-04-01T16:39:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T23:39:27","slug":"spartans-beat-acs-advance-to-region-4-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stfanclub.com\/spartans-beat-acs-advance-to-region-4-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Spartans beat ACS, advance to Region 4 championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Warren will play for a regional title.<\/p>\n<p>With an 8-3 win over Allen County-Scottsville on Tuesday evening in the Region 4 Baseball Tournament semifinals at Nick Denes Field, the Spartans earned a spot in Wednesday\u2019s championship game \u2013 their first trip to the regional final since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The Spartans (28-12) trailed 2-0 after the top of the second inning but went on to score five runs in the bottom half of the frame \u2013 followed by three more in the fifth \u2013 to build a comfortable lead and didn\u2019t look back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew we could come back,\u201d South Warren shortstop Sam Gage said. \u201cWe came back in an elimination game against Greenwood earlier last week, so we were confident and have been resilient recently. We had confidence to be able to swing it and get back in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Warren \u2013 which will be seeking its first Region 4 crown since 2015 \u2013 will meet the Bowling Green\/Russell County winner in Wednesday\u2019s 6 p.m. title match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNerve-racking \u2013 a little bit,\u201d South Warren third baseman Dane Isable replied when asked what his thoughts were entering the championship. \u201cBut I feel like with our team we\u2019ve got a good chance of winning it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allen County-Scottsville (14-17) struck first in the top of the second inning.<\/p>\n<p>Cayden Ross led off the frame with a single, and Aaron Howell quickly followed up with a double to set up Hunter Foster with a pair of runners on base. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Foster put a sacrifice groundout into play and was able to score Ross in the process.<\/p>\n<p>In the next at-bat, Colby Lafitte laid down a single to plate Howell and give ACS a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>South Warren wasted no time answering \u2013 and did so in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllen County came out and put two on us in the second inning, so we had to play from behind,\u201d South Warren coach Chris Gage said. \u201cOur guys responded quickly, and they responded well. Just survive and advance \u2013 that\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trailing by a pair of runs, the Spartans put together a five-run frame in the bottom of the second to jump in front. With the bases loaded following a single from Cade Vernon, a walk and hit-by-pitch, Isable stepped to the plate and sent a hard single into the outfield to score two runners and tie it at 2-2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt great,\u201d Isable said of his big hit. \u201cI\u2019ve been batting lefty most of the season, and then when the slow lefty came in I just turned around and batted righty, got a little poke and couldn\u2019t do anything more. Today I felt like I did pretty good, so we\u2019ll see where it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the scoreboard knotted up, AJ Isable sent a sacrifice fly ball into the air and allowed a runner to score in the process. Then, in the next at-bat, Trent Rice doubled into right field to record an RBI, and a fielding error by the ACS right fielder allowed another run to cross and suddenly South Warren led 5-2.<\/p>\n<p>After a scoreless third and fourth, the Spartans assembled another strong inning in the fifth as AJ Isable recorded an RBI single on a hit into left field and two more runs scored off an E7 in the process to push South Warren\u2019s advantage to 8-2 entering the sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Zane Ward\u2019s RBI double in the top half of the inning brought Allen County-Scottsville within 8-3, but that\u2019s as close as it would get as South Warren punched its ticket to the final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t say enough about our kids and the way they battled today,\u201d Allen County-Scottsville coach Scott Stamper said. \u201cI\u2019m proud of the way the kids fought and battled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACSHS \u2013 \u00a0<\/strong>0 2 0 0 0 1 0 \u2013 <strong>3 9 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SWHS \u2013 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>0 5 0 0 3 0 X \u2013 <strong>8 9 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WP: <\/strong>Smith.<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 LP: <\/strong>Ausbrooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Warren will play for a regional title. 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