(Franklin, GA) — After dropping the first six Region 5-AA games of the season, the Braves varsity baseball team got back on track with a three game sweep of the Jordan Red Jackets.
All three contests ended via run rule beginning with a 12-2 Braves win on the road Tuesday in Columbus.
The Braves scored five runs in both the second and sixth innings while starting pitcher limited the Jackets to just two runs (one earned) in the bottom half of the third inning.
Junior Tray Owens picked up his second win of the season after tossing five innings and giving up five hits and two walks. Owens struck out two Jackets. Kellon Rollings tossed one scoreless inning in relief with one strikeout.
Leading the way for the offense were Owens and Mason Rollings with three hits apiece. Owens blasted his third homer of the season and drove in three. Mason Rollings went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI’s.
Dale Thornhill also had two hits and Jake Harrod had a nice game with a walk, base hit and three RBI’s.
In a doubleheader sweep at Alford Field Friday, the Braves relied on strong outings from both starting pitchers.
In a game one 11-1 victory, Dale Thornhill allowed just four hits and a walk in six innings pitched with nine strikeouts to earn his second win of the season. He allowed just a single earned run.
The Braves had a strong game at the plate with 12 hits as a team including five different players with multiple hits.
Kellon Rollings had three hits and scored twice, Leroy Marsh went 2-for-3 with two hits, two walks, three runs, and three runs batted in, and Tray Owens launched his second homer of the week while driving home two. Caden Raines had two hits and two RBI’s while Hayden McCosh had two hits, a walk, and two runs scored.
In the nightcap, it was the freshman Kellon Rollings who starred in a 15-0 blowout win as he tossed three innings of no-hit baseball to pick up his second win. Rollings was perfect with the exception of one hit batter which he picked off of first base in the second inning.

Mason Rollings leads the Braves with a .425 batting average this season (Photo: Jeff Napier)
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