THOMASVILLE — The best-of-three series between Thomasville and Callaway is headed to a third day.

The Bulldogs stayed alive with a 4-3 Game 2 win, after the visiting Cavaliers won the first game — which started Tuesday but was suspended because of rain — in extra innings Wednesday.

Game 3 is set tentatively for today at 4 p.m.

Isaac Richardson poked a two-out, run-scoring single to centerfield in the top of the seventh inning to push across the winning run in Game 2. The Bulldogs defense turned another pivotal play in the bottom half to preserve the win. 

Thomasville piled up 13 hits in Game 2, four of them coming in a three-run first inning — and three coming with two outs. An error and singles from Jack Thompson and Jace Lowe brought in the runs.

Callaway tied the game in the fifth, getting two runs on Kaden Rogers’ sacrifice fly and Jimmy Dukes delivered a RBI single.

Witt Wetherington was 3-for-4 while Richardson was 2-for-4 with a double. Carson Fryman went 2-for-3 and Thompson finished 2-for-4.

Gabe Duncan went the distance, striking out four while allowing seven hits and walking three. But the defense behind turned three double plays.

The Cavaliers took Game 1 5-4 in eight innings, as Andrew Locke’s force out brought in the decisive run. 

Callaway loaded the bases with one out on a hit batter, a bunt single and a walk before Locke bounced into a force out. He beat the throw to first base to avoid a double play and allow CJ Stephens to score the eventual winning run.

The Bulldogs had runners on first and third in the bottom half but Tucker Starling got a strikeout to end the inning and the game.

The Cavaliers loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh. Everett was called on in relief and he didn’t take long to escape the jam. He got a strikeout, then the Bulldogs turned a double play. 

The Bulldogs took a 4-2 lead in the fourth, thanks to a three-run rally. Thompson and Lowe started it off with back-to-back singles, and sacrifice bunt attempts from Fryman and Ryan Renfroe wound up as base hits. A bases-loaded walk to Wetherington and Jacob Jordan’s sacrifice fly capped the scoring.

The Cavaliers tied it at 4-4 on run-scoring ground outs in the fifth and sixth innings.