World Series Roundup: South Carolina wins on late-inning homer
Jon Johnson / Dothan Eagle
August 7, 2006
With one mighty swing of the bat, the dreams of a championship for Troy American were dashed.
Down to its final out, South Carolina got a three-run homer off the bat of Will Hayslip to rally past Troy, the Alabama state champs, 7-5 on Sunday in the Dixie Youth ‘O’ Zone World Series at the G. Marvin Lewis Complex.
Troy led 5-0 early and carried a 5-3 lead into the final inning before South Carolina (Dentsville) turned it around.
Will Rew led off the top of the sixth for South Carolina with a home run to make it a 5-4 game.
With one out in the inning, Troy avoided a run when Anthony Paulson was gunned down at the plate trying to score on a grounder to third base for the second out of the inning.
But with runners at first and third, Hayslip towered a homer over the center field fence for the game winner.
In the bottom of the sixth, Paulson sat down the Troy lineup in order to record the victory on the mound.
With the loss, Troy is eliminated from the double-elimination tournament.
It looked like it might be a breeze for Troy early on after scoring a run in the first and adding four more in the second for the 5-0 lead.
In the second, David Norris reached on an infield hit with the bases loaded to make it a 2-0 game, and two more runs scored a batter later on a fielder’s choice and an error.
Joe Bradley then drove in a run with a single to make it 5-0.
South Carolina got an RBI single from Robert Sidall in the fourth, and then Boomer Callaway followed with a double to score two more in making it 5-3.
Tonight we play Virginia!
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