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Gainesville baseball wins Game 2, splits with Houston

Red Elephants close doubleheader with eight unanswered runs

Gainesville pitcher Michael Gettys delivers a pitch during the third inning of the Red Elephants’ Monday afternoon Class AAAAA state semifinals game with Houston County High at Ivey-Watson Field. - photo by Scott Rogers | The Times

0520gainesville1 — Gainesville pitcher Michael Gettys delivers a pitch during the third inning of the Red Elephants’ Monday afternoon Class AAAAA state semifinals game with Houston County High at Ivey-Watson Field. - photo by Scott Rogers | The Times

Sims Griffith wasn’t afraid to take one for the team any way he needed to, even if it was a curveball to the top of his batting helmet. For Griffith and Gainesville, it was a matter of survival. The senior forced in the tying run during Game 2 of top-ranked Gainesville’s Class AAAAA state semifinal series against second-ranked Houston County on Monday when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the fifth inning.

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