STARKVILLE — The Starkville Academy baseball team got exactly what it wanted.
After the Volunteers, trailing by a run, loaded the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday against Winston Academy, junior John Paul Buckner ripped a line drive to the left side.
But it went straight into the glove of Winston shortstop Brylee Wall. Wall fired to third base to double off pinch runner Randall Futral, and two batters later, the Patriots finished off a 4-3 win over the V
Theo DeRosa reports on Mississippi State sports for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter at @Theo_DeRosa.
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