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1A Tattnall Square pitching stifles 6A Allatoona, earns 6-3 win

April 10, 2019
By Kyle Colletta
Georgia Staff

Emerson, GA – The reigning Class 1A Private state champs, Tattnall Square Academy (22-1) and the 6A runners-up, Allatoona (16-9), met at the LakePoint complex on Tuesday, two on-the-bubble programs on the GA Power 25.

The Buccaneers were looking to build off a 2-1 performance on their spring break trip to Florida last week while the Tattnall Square Trojans were out to prove that they could hang with anyone in the state.

For Allatoona, they started Fisher Paulsen, who has been no stranger to big games in his short high school career. The sophomore southpaw started game two of last year’s state championship series and showed why he is an arm to keep an eye on for the future. Paulsen’s fastball ranged from 81 to 84 mph and he went four innings and only allowed a single run on two hits.

The Trojans decided to lean on their two-way star Brooks Gorman, a PBR Georgia Player of the Week earlier this spring. He’s emerging as one of the top uncommitted juniors in the state and he was on his game at LakePoint. The Tattnall captain is 10-0 this spring and has a minuscule ERA of 0.52 and has racked up 83 Ks in 54 innings of work. From the batter’s box, Gorman is hitting an even .500 in 2019 with four homers and 32 RBIs.

Against Allatoona, he pitched three innings and allowed just one run, matching Paulsen’s fine work. He sat in the 84 to 87 mph range and paired that fastball with a sharp slider. Gorman pitched around the Bucs’ run in the first frame on an error to help keep his Trojans within reach of the team five classes above them.

The next two frames were quiet and Gorman earned a lead-off walk in the fourth and eventually came around after stealing a bag and scoring on an error, tying the game back up at one.

Tattnall’s Bo Hatcher, a sophomore, relieved Gorman in the bottom of the fourth, retiring Allatoona in order, setting the Trojans up to snag the lead for the first time.

Back-to-back walks opened the fifth and a bases-loaded hit by pitch pushed Tattnall in front, 2-1. Gorman’s groundout to first scored his team’s third run and Carter Fink’s infield single plated a fourth run. Finally, a bases-loaded walk made it 5-1 in Tattnall’s favor and all of a sudden the 6A Bucs were staring up at a four-run deficit.

Hatcher pitched over a few walks but did not allow a hit in his three innings of work, handing the game off back to the bullpen in the seventh.

After Tattnall added a run in the top of the seventh, Allatoona had a glimmer of hope shine through when sophomore backstop Brett Blomquist crushed a two-run homer to pull the Bucs within three with two outs to work with, but the Trojans recorded consecutive outs to wrap up a quality non-region victory.

Tattnall Square will look to build off their tremendous season in the postseason, which begins on Thursday. Allatoona will refocus on their chase to the top spot Region 6, trailing Harrison by 1.5 games. They have two two-game series up next, against Sequoyah and Creekview.

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