The Wiregrass Kings baseball team battled from a first-game loss with a pair of wins, but fell of reaching Alabama Christian Schools Conference state tournament Saturday.
After losing to Ezekiel Academy on Friday, the Kings beat East Central Patriots 15-5 and Tuscaloosa Home School 18-3 before losing to the Evangel Christian Lightning 12-0.
Daniel Simmons was the winning pitcher, working 5 1/3 innings. He had two strikeouts and allowed only four hits. Bryson Treadaway recorded the final two outs. Ezekiel Academy 5, Wiregrass Kings 3: The Kings fell a game short of reaching the championship, losing to Ezekiel Academy 5-3. Jake Thompson was 3-for-3 and Zach Crisler had two hits with a run batted in to lead the Kings, who had six hits in the game. Owen Brown had the other hit.Zeke Alford earned an inside-the park-grand slam homer to spark an 11-run first inning. He added a two-run double in the second inning.
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