May 18, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS Tiger baseball team held off a rally from Sequatchie County to win 4 to 3 Monday night at Dunlap in the Semi-Finals of the Region 4AA Tournament.
The Tigers have now punched their ticket to the Region 4AA Tournament Championship game at Watertown Wednesday night, May 19 at 6 p.m.
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The Monday night game was scoreless until the Tigers broke through with two runs in the top of the fifth inning and then added two more runs in the seventh. The Indians scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh but their rally fell short as the Tigers hung on for the win.
Tiger pitcher Patrick Cantrell got the win. He gave up one hit and struck out five through seven and a third innings. Isaac Knowles came in for the save. He struck out two to close out the game.
Wednesday night’s game will be the fourth meeting between DeKalb County and Watertown this season.
The Tigers, the regular season District Champs, won both games during the regular season including a 7 to 6 victory at home on April 12 and a 2 to 1 win at Watertown on April 13. DC lost to the Purple Tigers 8 to 3 in the District Tournament Championship game at home on May 12.
DeKalb County is 16-11-1 while Watertown is 25-5