It was Cancer Awareness Night on Friday night as Tullahoma hosted Coffee County in high school baseball at Grider Stadium.
Despite only having three hits in the game, the Wildcats managed to win 6-5. Tullahoma was able to take advantage of 5 costly Red Raider errors.
Andrew Fulmer had a hit and an RBI for the Cats, and Colton Emory added a hit and scored twice.
Bobby Nichols threw six innings with five strikeouts to pick up the win on the mound.
Coffee County managed nine hits in the contest, including a solo homer by Cole Pippenger. He had an RBI and scored two runs. Nate Rutledge added two hits.
On Saturday afternoon in Manchester, the rivals played game two of their two-game series at Powers Field.
The Wildcats managed a one-run win, 5-4. They were trailing by two in the top of the 7th when Hunter Hogan and Hogan hit solo home runs. Tullahoma then loaded the bases, and Phillip Lemmon drew a walk to give the Cats the lead and the win.
For Coffee County, Pippenger had two hits and scored twice. Rutledge again had two hits, knocked in 2, and Trey Turner hit his first home run of the season.
Tullahoma improved to 16-6 on the season and will travel to Murfreesboro Central Magnet on Monday for a 6 p.m. start.
Coffee County is 10-11-1 overall and will return on Monday to host Lincoln County at 6:30 p.m. You can hear the game on The Rooster 101.5, www.rooster1015.com, or the Rooster 101.5 app.
Top Picture: Tullahoma pitcher Bobby Nichols warms up between innings on Friday night.
