PANAMA CITY BEACH—For the second consecutive game the Wallace Govs got a walk off win. And for the second consecutive game
Brody Capps was responsible for the go-home win.
This time the opponent was the Andrew College Tigers and once again the score was tied 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning. Exercising extreme patience at the plate, the Govs were able to get three consecutive walks off two different Andrew pitchers. That's when Capps hit a deep fly ball to the right field corner. That enabled
Logan Johnson to score and give the Govs a 3-2 victory.
"I had told
Warrick Wilmot (the batter scheduled to hit after Capps) that if I came up to hit I was going to walk it off," Capps said. "I was aware of the situation and I am getting more and more confident with each bat. I struggled early on, but it's not how you start. It's how you finish."
With the win, the Govs will now play in the championship game of the Visit Panama City Beach College Tournament. The Govs will play Gulf Coast at 2 pm Sunday afternoon.
"This is not the prettiest win I've ever been associated with," head coach Ryan Ihle said. "We missed several opportunities to score. We've got to give credit to their pitchers. They kept us off balance all game and made it difficult to get hits."
Andrew jumped out to an early lead in the game without the benefit of a hit. Starting pitcher
Christian Ford walked lead-off batter Trevor Grustkva, who then went to second on a balk and third on a passed ball. He scored on passed ball.
No sooner had the Tigers garnered the lead than the Govs took it back. In their half of the first,
Logan Johnson led off with a triple to the right centerfield gap. Two batters later,
Kade Snell hit a triple of his own to plate Johnson. Snell scored on a wild pitch to give the Govs a 2-1 lead.
The Tigers tied the game in the top of the fifth. Ford walked two and gave up a single to load the bases. Thomas Murcia then connected for a sacrifice fly to right field. Ford was then replaced by Wicksburg's
Jackson Glover who struck out JT Whatley to end the threat. Glover also pitched a scoreless sixth and seventh to earn the win.
"I had confidence in my stuff," Glover said of his performance. "My change-up wasn't working to well, but I was able to locate my fastball. Then all I had to do was rely on my defense."
The Govs improved to 3-0 on the young season.