
The Braves welcome Tray Owens to the plate following his big 3-run Homer in a 9-7 win over Bowdon Saturday at W.C. Roop Field (Photo courtesy of Tammy Bailey Photography)
(Bowdon, GA) — The Braves varsity baseball team had a big day Saturday as they notched wins over the Ranburne Bulldogs and the Bowdon Red Devils on ‘Diamond Day’ at W.C. Roop Field at Bowdon High.
The wins came at a great time as the squad was looking for some momentum with the important Region 5-AA slate of games kicking off with a three-game series versus Lamar County this week.
Junior Leroy Marsh was one of the heros in the two team sweep as he garnered a couple of big career firsts.
Marsh blasted his first career homer, a grand slam no less, in the game one 13-0 win over the Bulldogs and then followed that up with his first career win on the mound in relief during a 9-7 nightcap over the hosting Devils.
The Bulldogs were no match for the Braves in game one with the game ending in just five innings due to the mercy rule.
After pushing two runs across the plate in each of the first two innings, Marsh’s grand slam was the big blow in a third inning where the Braves pushed across the last nine runs of the game.
Several Braves had big games offensively in the rout. Tray Owens continued his strong year at the plate going 3-for-3 with two doubles and three runs scored. Dale Thornhill, Hayden McCosh, and Caden Raines each had two hits with Raines, McCosh, and Ike O’Neal each driving home two runs apiece. Raines also swiped a pair of bases.
On the hill, Thornhill started and earned his first win of the season after tossing three shutout innings and allowing just one hit and zero walks. Thornhill leads the team in ERA this season with just three earned runs allowed in his 17 innings of work including three starts.
Sophomore Aidan Boyd had one of his strongest outings of the season with two scoreless innings of relief work while giving up just one hit and one walk.
In the second game of the day, the Braves won another hard-fought battle with the Red Devils to earn a bit of redemption after the Devils downed the Braves 8-7 at Alford Field early in the season.
This time the Braves walked away with the 9-7 win in another close contest that was tied up at 7-7 going into the top of the sixth inning.
The Braves managed to push across the go-ahead run on a Chance Brown single that scored Drew Cornelius and Marsh scored on a passed ball in the top of the seventh to provide some much needed insurance.

Junior Brave Leroy Marsh hit his first career homer Saturday
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