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Buford sweeps Pius in second-round baseball series
Higginbotham, Coulter combine for 11 scoreless innings
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Buford second baseman Austin Wilhite throws out a St. Pius hitter at first to end the first inning Wednesday in the second round of Class AAA playoffs in Buford. - photo by Nat Gurley | The Times
BUFORD — With an opportunity for some good, old-fashioned payback right at his fingertips, Jake Higginbotham delivered his best. The left-handed Clemson commit struck out 15 batters in Buford’s 7-0 victory over St. Pius X in Game 1 of their Class AAA second round series on Wednesday in Buford, while teammate Kevin Coulter didn’t allow a hit over four shutout innings of work in Game 2, allowing the Wolves to earn a 10-4 victory and a definitive sweep over the team that eliminated them in the first round of the postseason a year ago. The Golden Lions didn’t get a runner past first base Wednesday until the fourth inning of Game 2.
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