Johnson leads 8th-grade Pack to 14-4 win, 3-0 record
Published 7:41 pm Friday, February 10, 2023
- Colquitt County eighth-grader Eli Johnson celebrates at home plate of hitting a grand slam in the Packers 14-4 win over Lowndes on Thursday at Packer Park. The home run was the second of the game for Johnson, who also doubled and drove in five runs.
MOULTRIE — Eli Johnson went 3-for-4 with a pair of home runs — one of which was a grand slam — and a double to lead the Colquitt County eighth-grade baseball team to a 14-4 victory over Lowndes on Thursday at Packer Park.
Johnson finished with five runs batted in.
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And with previous wins over Tift County and Pine Grove, the young Packers are now 3-0 and have outscored their opponents by a combined 31-7.
The Vikings scored four runs in the top of the first, but the Packers took the lead with a five-run fourth and finished off the visitors with a seven-run sixth.
“It was a great team win,” said coach Ian Brinson. “We fell behind 4-0 at the start and fought back and ended up run-ruling them.
Carter Penuel also had three hits in four trips to the plate and drove in one run.
Bryce Roberts had two hits, including a double; Jackson Edwards stroked a double; and Carter Summerlin and Hardin Reeves added singles.
Edwards and Roberts each drove in a pair of runs.
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Judson Taylor got the win in relief for the Packers, holding the Vikings scoreless over the final four innings.
The right-hander gave up just two hits, did not walk a batter and struck out five.
The eighth-grade Packers will travel to play Thomas County Central next Tuesday and go to Douglas to face Coffee on Thursday.
