By Thomas Grant Jr.<\/i><\/p>\n
This past Saturday saw the Lexington County Blowfish hold Fort Jackson Night as it invited nearly 1,000 troops for a night of baseball and post-game fireworks.<\/p>\n
What they and the fans in attendance also came away with was a memorable 11-10 comeback victory that served as a highlight of the first half of the Coastal Plain League season.<\/p>\n
The Macon Bacon jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the top of third inning. Charles Dean highlighted the rally with a 3-run homer off starter Matthew Garris.<\/p>\n
Lexington County picked up a run in the bottom of the inning, only for Macon to score two more runs in the top of the fourth to take a 7-1 lead.<\/p>\n
An RBI single by Ashby Vining of Gilbert in the bottom of the fourth would be the starting point of the comeback. After Lucas Highberger threw a scoreless top of the fourth inning, the Blowfish responded with a 4-run rally.<\/p>\n
Breon Ishmael started things with an RBI double. Following a pitching change, J.P. Perez drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to make it 7-4.<\/p>\n
Back-to-back walks to Vining and Brookland-Cayce graduate Parker Mergo of Clemson set up an opportunity for Walker Mitchell. The River Bluff graduate delivered with a 2-run double to cut the deficit to 7-6.<\/p>\n
As Mergo raced towards home plate, he managed to elude the tag at home plate and still managed to reach back to touch the base to score.<\/p>\n
Macon Bacon picked up two runs in the Top 6th to go up 9-6. With one out in the Bottom 6th, Jonathan Jaime and Ishmael reached on singles.<\/p>\n
Perez came to the plate and brought the soldiers and fans to their feet. He connected on a drive that sailed just over the rightfield wall to tie the game at 9-9.<\/p>\n
The two teams each posted a run in the Top 7th. It remained tied going into the Bottom 9th and Lexington County looked to send the fans home happy.<\/p>\n
With the bases loaded and one out, Ishmael sailed a flyball to leftfield which went far enough to score Busch from third base to end the game.<\/p>\n
LEXINGTON COUNTY BLOWFISH SCHEDULE<\/b>
THURSDAY – Exhibition Game with Glowfish 7:05 p.m.
FRIDAY – at Florence 7 p.m.
SATURDAY – FLORENCE 7:05 p.m. <\/b>
MONDAY – BOONE 7:05 p.m. <\/b>
WEDNESDAY – MACON 7:05 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n
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