LEXINGTON, VA – While tons of area sporting events were postponed on Monday 1st, the Bath County Chargers (3-9/3-6) away game on the diamond continued on.
And the result, a Chargers Pioneer District upset victory over the Parry McCluer Fighting Blues (8-6/5-4).
After falling behind early on, the Chargers trailing 8-4, put together a five-run rally in the sixth inning to take a 9-8 lead. The team would add an insurance run in the seventh inning and prevailed 10-8.
The Chargers offense had 17 hits, with six batters in the lineup having a multi-hit game.
Wyatt Campbell (4-for-5) led all hitters with a four-hit performance at the plate, along with three RBI’s. Isaac Ingram (W/3-for-4) was the one who had the biggest hit of the game with a go-ahead RBI single which had put the Chargers ahead 9-8. Much like Wyatt, Ingram also had three RBI’s. Braydon Gibson (3-for-4) also had three hits.
Along with his great performance at the plate, Ingram was also the games winning pitcher. Despite being tagged for eight runs (six earned), Ingram struck out seven in 5.1 innings. Hunter Ryder (S/2-for-2) who had relieved Ingram in the sixth inning, escaped the inning by getting the final two outs after Ingram gave up a one-out single. In the bottom of the seventh inning, following the first two outs of the inning, the Fighting Blues hit back-to-back singles. Ryder then got Evan Cook (1-for-4) to ground out to end the potential comeback attempt, while also picking up the save.
Peyton Ramsey (3-for-4) and Robert Mills (3-for-4) led the Fighting Blues with three hits each, Tanner Coleman (L/1-for-4) who suffered the loss, led the team with three RBI’s.
The Chargers will look to build on their victory on Thursday when they host Highland in a pivotal district game.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
BCHS 0 0 3 1 0 5 1 10 17 1
PMHS 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 8 13 1
Chargers Box Score
Player AB R H RBI BB SO
Persinger, CF 3 1 2 0 2 1
Campbell, SS 5 2 4 3 0 0
Ca. Lowry, C 4 1 1 2 1 3
Co. Lowry, 2B/3B 5 0 0 1 0 4
Ingram, P/2B 4 0 3 3 0 0
Gordon, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 3
Gibson, RF 4 1 3 0 0 0
Walton, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1
Ryder, 3B/2B 2 3 2 0 0 0
Waldeck, LF 4 2 2 1 0 2
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TEAM 35 10 17 10 4 14
PITCHING
Player IP H R ER BB SO
Ingram (W) 5.1 11 8 6 2 7
Ryder (S) 1.2 2 0 0 0 3
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TEAM 7 13 8 6 2 10
Fighting Blues Box Score
Player AB R H RBI BB SO
Wade, P/CF 4 1 1 1 0 0
Hamilton, 2B 3 1 1 0 1 1
Ramsey, 1B/P 4 3 3 1 0 1
Houck, SS/P 3 1 1 2 1 1
Coleman, CF/P 4 1 1 3 0 2
Pruett, C/3B 4 0 1 0 0 2
Mills, 3B/1B 4 0 3 1 0 1
Holdren, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1
Cook, LF 4 1 1 0 0 1
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TEAM 34 8 13 8 2 10
PITCHING
Player IP H R ER BB SO
Wade 3 7 3 3 1 6
Coleman (L) 2.2 5 6 6 1 5
Houck 1 5 1 1 0 2
Ramsey 0.1 0 0 0 1 1
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TEAM 7 17 10 10 4 14
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