The two-time defending champion Bossier Phillies stayed alive in the American Legion Baseball Mid-South Regional Friday in Gastonia, N.C.
Bossier rallied for a 2-1 victory over Columbia, Tennessee., in a morning elimination game. The Phillies fell to Bryant, Ark., 5-1 in the first-round of the six-team tournament Thursday.
Bossier faces the loser between this afternoon’s game between Bryant and Daphne, Ala., in another elimination game Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
The Phillies trailed Columbia 2-0 through five innings.
Former Benton standout Brody Turnipseed started the rally in the bottom of the sixth with a one-out single. Northwood star Nate Cervantes followed with a double and Turnipseed advanced to third.
Former Glenbrook star Jackson Waller brought Turnipseed and former Benton standout Colton Birdsong, running for Cervantes, home with a single.
Columbia got a runner to second in the top of the seventh on a single and sacrifice bunt. Benton standout Slade Stephens struck out the next batter and the Columbia runner was caught stealing third for the final out.
Bossier had five hits. Former Benton star Cole Snell and former Evangel star Bradon Stephens had one single each.
Former Benton standout Tanner Webb went six innings on the mound. He scattered six hits, struck out eight and walked two.
Stephens pitched the final inning.