CHESNEE, SC - The Chapman Panthers baseball team picked up a 7-6 road win over the rival Chesnee Eagles on Tuesday evening, as the two teams started a back-to-back series between the two longtime rivals.
It's rare in a game where two teams combined for 13 runs and that one team got a solid performance from its starting pitcher, but that is exactly what happened for Chapman as starting pitcher Colt McPeters threw five scoreless innings for the Panthers while scattering three hits and striking out two. Chapman plated the game's first two runs in the top of the third inning as Kole Brown and Cole Daugherty each scored on errors to give the Panthers an early 2-0 lead. The Panthers doubled the lead in the top of the fifth inning as Grayden Humphries hit a leadoff double while Cole Daugherty and Hank Tolleson each drew walks to load the bases with two outs. Lawson Harris plated both Humphries and Daugherty with a two RBI single to make the score 4-0 in favor of the Panthers. The Panthers stretched the lead to 7-0 in the top of the sixth inning as Jake Santoro and Clay Justus reached base to start the inning. After Grayden Humphries sacrificed the runners up a base, Kole Brown drove in the first run with an RBI groundout. The highlight of the inning saw Cole Daugherty hit a deep shot to the centerfield wall and race all the way around the bases for a two run inside the park home run. The Eagles responded in the bottom of the sixth by sending nine batters to the plate and scoring five runs to cut the Panthers lead to 7-5. Kohen Orr, Tucker Johnson, and Paul Martin each reached base to start the inning as Aiden Greene drove in the first run with an RBI single along with a second run scoring on a balk. After Dawson Pruitt, and CJ Morgan walked to load the bases, Jaden Hill promptly cleared them with a deep three RBI double. Kohen Orr led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a leadoff double and later scored on an error that cut the Panther lead to 7-6, but that was as close as the Eagles would get. Cole Daugherty led the Panthers with three hits including the inside the park home run while Hank Tolleson also reached base three times for the Panthers. Jaden Hill had the biggest hit of the night for the Eagles with his three RBI double in his lone at bat while Aiden Greene hit a pair of singles and collected an RBI. The teams will face each other once again on Wednesday evening in Inman as it'll be the Panthers turn to host the rivalry with a 7:30 PM scheduled first pitch. Comments are closed.
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