After relying on a high-powered offense all season, Truist found itself in an unfamiliar place in Game 1 of the Greenville Little Leagues City Championship Wednesday and Thursday night, as it was shut down at the plate in a 4-1 loss at the hands of Ross Orthodontics.

The Tar Heel League champions bounced back from just their second loss of the year in a big way, as the bats came alive in Game 2 Friday night in a 9-2 win to force a winner-take-all third game.