By Jimmy Thomas
Content Editor, DigitalSports.com
Check below the story for complete highlights of Fridays playoff game
South County rallied to defeat host Madison, 12-8, on Friday and advance to the quarterfinal round of the Northern Region tournament where it will square off against Chantilly on Memorial Day.
The Stallions jumped to a quick lead on a sacrifice fly by senior Jesse Beal that scored senior lead-off hitter Brent Frazier in the top half of the first inning.
The lead, however, proved short-lived as Warhawk junior first baseman Alex Jacquez singled and then scored on a two-run homer by Andrew Schrock. Madison added three more run in the inning to push the score to 5-1 after two.
Down four entering the fifth inning, South County got the spark it needed from the top of the line-up. After a single from Frazier, junior catcher John Fitzgerald drilled an 0-2 offering from Madison starter Jesse Jeter over the left field wall. Senior Peyton Bartlett followed that shot with a single and scored on a Beal double to pull South County within one.
Jeter went 6 1/3 innings, striking out nine. The Warhawks added one in the bottom half of the inning when senior Casey Turner stole home.
Beal threw a complete game for South County and seemed to get stronger as the game went on. He struck out 12 batters, including six in a row starting with the last out in the fifth inning and going to the first out of the seventh.
While the Stallion’s ace was putting up K’s, the offense started rolling. With no one out and two on in the top of the sixth, Frazier stepped to the plate with his team down two and hit a three-run home run to give South County a lead it would not relinquish. The Stallions added five more runs in the seventh to extend their lead to six.
Madison countered with two runs of its own in the bottom of the seventh, but could get no closer.
South County moves on and will play Chantilly at 4 p.m. Monday at Robinson.
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