INMAN, S.C. – On Monday evening, the Chapman Panthers faced the Mid-Carolina Rebels for the 3A District IV baseball championship and a berth in the Upper State round. A late spark ignited a rally, as the Panthers edged the Rebels by a 3-2 tally.
Jack Settle got the start on the mound for Chapman and held Mid-Carolina to two runs in five and one-third innings of work. Settle and the Panther defense thwarted an early threat by the Rebels in the first inning by getting a pair of fly-outs to retire the side. Mid-Carolina took a 2-0 lead midway through the fifth inning, but then the Panthers’ bats came alive. Devin Roe notched a one-out triple in the bottom of the inning for Chapman and came in to score on a Hudson Moss sacrifice fly, which made it a 2-1 game. Dalton Mahaffey entered the game with one out in the sixth and recorded two outs, helping the Panthers work their way out of a bases-loaded jam. Landon Solesbee led off the Panthers' sixth inning with a single and scored from second base on a two-out base knock by Johann Rodriguez, tying the game at two. Ethan Fortenberry entered the game as Rodriguez’s courtesy runner and scored the go-ahead run on an error, putting Chapman ahead 3-2. Drew Settle closed out the contest in the seventh inning and earned the save for Chapman. With the victory, the Panthers move on to the upper state round in the 3A baseball playoffs and will travel to face Seneca on Thursday evening. Comments are closed.
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