Cartersville Little League 11U notches second state tourney win
The Cartersville Little League 11U baseball all-star team improved to 2-0 in the Georgia Little League State Tournament Sunday with a 7-5 victory over Warner Robins American Little League. The Cartersville Little League 10U baseball all-star team and the Bartow County Senior Little League baseball team (16U) will return to state tournament action Monday.
The Cartersville Little League 11U baseball all-stars broke open a 4-4 game with three runs in the bottom of the fifth Sunday afternoon and held off Warner Robins American 11U, 7-5, in the second round of the Georgia Little League 11U State Tournament at Rudy York Field in Atco.
Cartersville scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 4-1 advantage, but Warner Robins American scored a run in the third and two more in the fourth inning to knot the score at 4-4.
A three-run fifth for the locals gave them a 7-4 lead and Warner Robins American managed only a single run in the top of the sixth for a 7-5 final score.
Warner Robins out hit Cartersville eight to five, but a trio of Cartersville pitchers closed out innings when needed.
Brodie McWhorter (3.2 IP, 4ER, 5H, 4BB, 2K) was the Cartersville starting pitcher. Maddox Frazier (2 IP, 1ER, 3H, 2BB, 2K) picked up the pitching win in middle relief, and Julian Cline (0.1 IP, 0R, 1BB) took the mound with two outs in the sixth to retire the game’s final out.
Logan Woody walked to get Cartersville’s fourth inning started. Cameron Cochran doubled and Thomas Peters tied the game 1-1 with an infield single. Cam Williams forced home another run when he reached on an infield error. Special runner Andrew Lutjens and Williams both added runs on wild pitches.
In Cartersville’s three-run fifth, Lutjens was hit by a pitch, Logan Shrewsbury singled, and Casen Cochran singled to load the bases. McWhorter forced in the go-ahead run with a bases loaded walk and Woody was hit by a pitch to give Cartersville a 6-4 lead. After a pitching change, Casen Cochran scored on a wild pitch and the locals had a 7-4 advantage.
Warner Robins coaxed three walks and had a single in the top of the sixth, but Cline got an infield pop out with the bases loaded to end the threat.
The loss sends Warner Robins American to an elimination game in the double-elimination tournament Monday night at 6 p.m. against Peachtree City American.
Cartersville (2-0) advances to a third round game Tuesday night at 6 p.m. against Northern-Columbus (1-0).
Georgia Little League 11U State Tournament schedule:
Sat. July 7 — Smyrna Blue 10, Peachtree City National 2
Sat. July 7 — Warner Robins American 13, Toccoa 3
Sat. July 7 — Cartersville 8, Athens 4
Sun. July 8 — Northern-Columbus 5, Smyrna Blue 4
Sun. July 8 — Cartersville 7, Warner Robins American 5
Sun. July 8 — Athens 4, Toccoa 3 (Toccoa eliminated)
GM 7 - Mon. July 9 — 6 pm — Peachtree City National vs. Warner Robins American (elimination game)
GM 8 — Mon. July 9 — 8 pm — Athens vs. Smyrna Blue (elimination game)
GM 9 — Tue. July 10 — 6 pm — Northern-Columbus vs. Cartersville
GM 10 — Tue. July 10 — 8 pm — Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner (elimination game)
GM 11 — Wed. July 11 — 7 pm — Game 9 loser vs. Game 10 winner (elimination game)
GM 12 — Thr. July 12 — 7 pm — Game 9 winner vs. Game 11 winner (championship round)
GM 13 — Fri., July 13 — 7 pm — Game 12 winner vs. Game 12 loser (if necessary)
The Georgia champion advances to the Tournament of State Champions that begins July 27 in Greenville, NC.
Other Little League baseball state tournament results from this weekend:
Georgia Little League 10U State Tournament schedule:
Sat. July 7 — Smyrna Blue 11, Chatham County 1
Sat. July 7 — Cartersville 5, Toccoa 0
Sat. July 7 — Martinez-Evans 16, Peachtree City 0
Sun. July 8 — Northern-Columbus 13, Oconee County 3
Sun. July 8 — Warner Robins American 7, Smyrna Blue 2
Sun. July 8 — Toccoa 6, Chatham County 2
GM 7 — Mon. July 9 — 12 noon — Smyrna Blue vs. Oconee County (elimination game)
GM 8 — Mon. July 9 — 2:30 pm — Peachtree City vs. Toccoa (elimination game)
GM 9 — Mon. July 9 — 5 pm — Cartersville vs. Martinez-Evans
GM 10 — Mon. July 9 — 7:30 pm — Warner Robins American vs. Northern-Columbus
GM 11 — Tue. July 10 — 6 pm — Game 7 winner vs. Game 9 loser (elimination game)
GM 12 — Tue. July 10 — 8 pm — Game 10 loser vs. Game 8 winner (elimination game)
GM 13 — Wed. July 11 — 6 pm — Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner
GM 14 — Wed. July 11 — 8 pm — Game 12 winner vs. Game 11 winner (elimination game)
GM 15 — Thr. July 12 — 6 pm — Game 13 loser vs. Game 14 winner (elimination game) GM 16 — Fri. July 13 — 6 pm — Game 13 winner vs. Game 15 winner (championship round) GM 17 — Sat. July 14 — 11 am — Game 16 winner vs. Game 16 loser (if necessary)
Georgia winner advances to the Tournament of State Champions that begins July 20 in Greenville, NC.
Georgia Senior Little League (16U) State Tournament schedule:
Martinez-Evans 15, Bartow County 3
Northern-Columbus 11, Hart County 1 Martinez-Evans 12, East Marietta 2
Northern-Columbus 22, Oconee County 6
GM 5 — Mon. July 9 — 5:45 pm — Bartow County vs. Oconee County (elimination game)
GM 6 — Mon. July 9 — 8:15 pm — Hart County vs. East Marietta (elimination game)
GM 7 — Tue. July 10 — 5:45 pm — Martinez-Evans vs. Northern-Columbus
GM 8 — Tue. July 10 — 8:15 pm — GM 5 winner vs. GM 6 winner (elimination game)
GM 9 — Wed. July 11 — 6 pm — GM 7 loser vs. GM 8 winner (elimination game)
GM 10 — Thr. July 12 — 6 pm — GM 7 winner vs. GM 9 winner (championship round)
GM 11 — Fr. July 13 — 6 pm — GM 10 winner vs. GM 10 loser (if necessary)
Georgia winner advances to Southeast Region Tournament that begins July 20 in Safety Harbor, FL.
Results for Bartow County Little League and Cartersville Little League provided by the respective leagues and Georgia Little League Baseball and Softball. Bartow County Recreation Department and Cartersville Recreation Department baseball and softball teams participating in Georgia Recreation and Parks Association are reported to Bartow Sports Zone by the respective recreation departments and presented on Bartow Sports Zone by Play It Again Sports at 410 Cherokee Place in Cartersville.
