By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — After a controversial balk call in the fifth inning of Easley’s Monday night matchup with Travelers Rest allowed the Devildogs to pull within one run, Green Wave head coach Gill Payne challenged his team to fight to the finish.

The Green Wave did just that, working through two late-inning jams to get back on track in region play and win 4-3 to hand Travelers Rest its first region loss.

“I believe our guys got up and said ‘Enough is enough.’” Payne said. “They’re young and they make a lot of young mistakes, but they don’t give up.”

That lack of quit showed up twice in late innings, as starter Kaleb Owens delivered the Green Wave

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