SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The final day of the Sparkle City Classic saw the Landrum Cardinals and Chapman Panthers meet on the baseball diamond for the first time since an April 8th, 2014 matchup in the Steve Sanders Tournament.
In this contest, a strong start on the hill set the tone as the Panthers claimed a 7-1 victory in the Spartanburg District One showdown. Colt McPeters worked a two out walk in the first inning, then swiped second and sprinted home on a Lewis McAlister opposite-field single to left, staking the Panthers to an early 1-0 lead. Chapman right-hander Bryson Cothran tallied a three up, three down frame in an unusual way as a Cardinal batter reached on a two-out error but was tagged out advancing to second. Garrett Bridges and Grady Zipperer reached on a walk and hit-by-pitch, putting two aboard with two out for Landrum in the third. Cothran answered with an inning-ending strikeout, maintaining the one run lead. In the fourth, McAlister scored from third on a Lawson Harris opposite-field single to right, while Chandler Cartee scored on the play due to an error. Harris rounded the bases on a Grayden Humphries base knock to right, which created a 4-0 Chapman lead. Titus Poore drew a leadoff walk in the Cardinals’ half of the frame, but Cothran countered with a strikeout, fly out, and a pickoff to end the inning. Kole Brown was hit by a pitch to begin the seventh and advanced to third on a Cole Daughterty bunt single along the first base side. Brown tagged up on a McPeters sacrifice fly, while Daughterty and McAlister both scored on a Hank Tolleson single to right field, making for a seven run Panther lead. The Cardinals plated a run in the final frame when Poore sprinted home on a Nolan Collins base hit to center field, providing the final margin of 7-1. Harris went 2-for-4 with a run scored and RBI, while Tolleson was 1-for-4 with two RBI. McAlister was 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored, followed by Daughtery (1-for-4, run) and McPeters (1-for-2, RBI, run, walk). Seven of the nine batters for the Panthers recorded at least one hit. Cothran earned the win for Chapman by tossing six shutout frames, allowing one hit, and striking out five. Poore fanned seven and yielded three earned runs on five hits across six innings for the Cardinals. Next up for Chapman (10-7) is a return to Region 3-3A play on Tuesday, April 9th at Blue Ridge, slated for a 7:30 PM start. Landrum travels to Broome on Monday for an 8 PM non-region contest. Comments are closed.
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