By: Jackson McKenzie
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| Macon Bacon fans gather outside Luther Williams Field in Macon, Georgia for a classic outdoor baseball game against the Asheboro Zookeepers May 24. The Macon Bacon baseball team made its debut in the 2018 Coastal Plain League season. |
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| As the first pitch approaches the scoreboard looms over the field. Macon Bacon enters the game with a record of 8-11 while the Zookeepers enter with a 12-6. |
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| Macon Bacon fans slowly start to fill up the stands before the game starts. Luther Williams Field can hold up to 3,500 fans in any given game. |
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| Macon Bacon Pitcher David Austen throws the first pitch to kick off the game. Austen has only pitched in three games prior this season with 11 strikeouts over 12 innings. |
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| Trey Babbitt throws Macon Bacon merch to fans in the crowd. Merch tosses happened regularly throughout the game to get fans engaged and on their feet. |
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| Zookeeper Catcher Drue Saenz waves his arms while on second base in a taunting fashion. Saenz's motion came after Macon Bacon Pitcher David Austen delivered a HBP to one of Saenz's fellow teammates. |
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| Zookeeper Pitcher McCall Biemiller makes his way back to the dugout after being subbed out during the second inning. The substitution came after Biemiller allowed three consecutive walks in a row that loaded the bases during the bottom of the second. |
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| Zookeeper Pitcher Takuma Sato warms up with the ball after being subbed in. At the time of the substitution the Zookeepers led 2-1 and were hoping to turn the inning around in their favor. |
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| Macon Bacon Second Baseman Jackson Morse crosses home plate to tie the game 2-2. Morse scores after Sato's eight pitch since being subbed in is hit to center field. |
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| Brenden Cole reacts at the conclusion of the second inning after the Zookeepers allow five runs. The Zookeepers had not allowed more than fours run in a single inning the entire season until this game. |
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| Stewart Puckett, a third baseman of Macon Bacon, watches a Zookeeper ball soar to left field during the top of the third inning. The Zookeepers managed to score three runs in the third to tie the game 5-5. |
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| Macon Bacon First Baseman Stephen Jordan runs between first and second base during the fourth inning after an error by the Zookeeper first baseman. As the inning progressed, Jordan went on to reach home to give Macon Bacon the lead once again. |
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| Kyra Walker, a member of the 'Sizzle Squad', talking with the crowd in-between innings. Walker joined the Sizzle Squad at the beginning of this season. |
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| Fans take the field in between the sixth and seventh inning to participate in a water transferring game. The Sizzle Squad hosts interactive games in between every inning that any fan can participate in. |
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| Eva Murray participates in the Seventh Inning Stretch as the Zookeepers continue to trail behind. Murray is the mother of the Zookeepers hitting coach, Skye Bolt, and watched her son coach for the first time ever this game. |
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| Zookeeper Coach Jamey May approaches the mound to substitute Pitcher Seth Way out of the game. May's second mid-inning substitution came after Way allowed three hits at the start of the bottom of the seventh. |
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| Macon Bacon's mascot, Kevin, leads a conga line throughout the stadium. Kevin is one of Macon's most recognizable figures throughout the city and has remained prominent since Macon Bacon's debut. |
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| The score keeper hangs up a '0' at the end of the eighth inning. The Zookeepers headed into the ninth inning grim knowing they needed to score or the game was over. |
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| Hayden Gustavson catches the games final ball to give the Zookeepers 3 outs in the ninth inning. Macon Bacon defeated the Zookeepers with a score of 7-5. |
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| Macon Bacon players line up to high-five after defeating the Zookeepers. With this win, Macon Bacon ups their season record to 9-11. |
