Article: Six-Run Fifth Gives Warriors a Berth In State Semifinals; La Plata Makes Most of Walks, Errors

La Plata 8, Chopticon 4

With the verdict on its season in question, La Plata's baseball team took the fifth Friday.

The Warriors scored six runs in the fifth inning and received strong relief pitching from senior Charlie Hutchinson for an 8-4 victory over Chopticon in the 3A South Region championship game.

After La Plata scored consecutive runs on walks in the fifth, junior T.C. Renner's one-hop single drove in senior Austin Flowers for the winning run, erasing a 4-2 deficit.

In the team's wild postgame celebration, two players dumped a bucket of ice water on 22nd-year coach Dan Devitis.

"This is our fifth region championship, and this means more to me than any other," said Devitis, whose ...

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