Gulf Coast Falls Behind Early In Loss To George Jenkins

The Gulf Coast Sharks hosted the George Jenkins Eagles Thursday night, looking to knock off the undefeated Eagles at home. However, the Eagles never trailed in this game, jumping out to a 1-0 lead early and holding on to win 3-1 with runs late in the sixth and seventh inning.

A sacrifice bunt from Niels Stone brought the Sharks (3-2) to within one in the sixth inning. Niels started the game on the mound for the Sharks and turned in a strong start with the wrong result. Stone went four innings, allowing one run on four hits. He struck out five Eagles on the night before surrendering the ball to the bullpen.

Luke Dawson and Weston Boling combined to pitch three innings of relief and struck out five batters. However, despite the strong pitching performance, the run scored from Collin Camarigg would be all they could muster against a strong Eagles’ pitching staff.

Sophomore Jacob Herbert led the Eagles (4-0) on offense by going 2-for-3 on the night and collecting two RBI in the process. Herbert’s first hit of the game was a line-drive double to right field to drive home Brock Meier for the first run of the game. Hebert’s second double of the game came in the sixth and gave the Eagles a 2-0 lead when Brandt Sundean scored from first.

Brady Allen started the game for the Eagles and went six innings, allowing just the one run on three hits and five walks, striking out seven in the process. Before exiting the game, Allen helped his cause with a two-out RBI single past the infield to extend the lead to 3-1.

Allen turned the ball over to Hunter Lucas in the bottom of the seventh to close out the game. Lucas struck out two of the four batters he faced and locked down the win and picked up the save.

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