Tigers slip by Giants

In Senior League action Thursday night at Dottie West Field, the Handy Rental Tigers escaped with a 7-5 win over Security Federal in five innings, as the Tigers sent the winning runs across the plate just as time expired to end the game.

Luke Hillis and Spencer Pryor worked from the mound for the Tigers, with Pryor getting the win after working three innings, giving up one run on two hits. Hillis worked two innings allowing four runs on four hits, as the duo faced 20 batters.

Grayson Woods went five innings for the Giants, giving up four runs on eight hits, while striking out nine. Nathan Patterson took the loss, working one inning, giving up three runs on three hits.

The Giants scored four runs in the top of the first. Handy Rental answered and tied the game at 4-4 in the bottom of the third, with four runs crossing the plate.

In the top of the fifth the Giants took a 5-4 lead, but in the bottom of the inning as time was running out the Tigers sent three runs to the plate to pick up the victory.

For the Tigers, Daniel Sheets, Pryor, Dustin Bond and Hillis had two hits each and scored one run each. Wesley Dyer, Mac Britton and McCain Smock had one hit apiece. Pryor and Bond doubled and Dyer had a triple.

Patterson, Kaleb Tilton, Garrison Holmes, Jonathan Burton, John Martin and Tyler Phillips had one hit each for the Giants. Holmes doubled and Patterson had a triple on the night.