Macon scored four first inning runs on the way to a 6-1 win over Palmyra to claim the Class 3/District 6 championship at Larry Bagby Field on Tuesday. Kennon Isaacson led off the Tiger bottom of the 1st with this jolt….
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. Ryder Lewis followed with a walk, Trey Hatcher doubled and Skyler Anderson drove in the second run with an RBI single. With the bases loaded and one out, a Panther miscue on a Grant Meisner grounder allowed Macon to add on….
Palmyra got one back in the top of the 2nd, but Macon answered with a run in the 3rd and one more in the 4th when Isaacson led off with a single and came around to score. Isaacson was 2-4 with the homer, two runs scored and started a double play in being named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Outstanding Player of the Game. Preston Burns went the distance for the Tigers to improve to 6-2. He allowed one run on five hits, with four strikeouts and two walks. Trey Hatcher had two doubles.
The Tigers won their 12th straight game to improve to 18-5 and claim the program’s third district title in five years. Macon will head to St. Louis next Tuesday, May 27th, to face the Whitfield/Priory winner in the state sectionals. The District 5 championship game is Wednesday night.
Palmyra wraps up the season 15-11. You can hear the broadcast by going to the Game Archive section of our website and our postgame interviews here.
postgame with Macon coach Christian Thrasher:
postgame with Palmyra coach Brandon Crisp:
