5th-ranked Canes, Earwood blank Colonels

Blake Sutton had three RBIs as Cartersville won at Cass, 7-0.

Micah Earwood posted yet another impressive performance Tuesday night as the Purple Hurricanes won at Cass, 7-0.

The Canes’ ace and Georgia State commit tossed five and one-third shutout innings and saw his season ERA dropped to an incredible 0.45 in 46 and 2/3 innings this season. He scattered four hits and two walks while striking out nine. Gunner Millsap retired the final five outs for Cartersville without allowing a run, hit, or walk. He struck out three.

The Cartersville offense did the bulk of its damage in the top of the second when the Hurricanes scored four runs.

Three straight one-out singles by Harrison Childers, Davis Williams, and Curt Bonner produced the game’s first run. A groundout off the bat of Hank Smith made the score 2-0. Parker McPherson singled for a 3-0 lead and Blake Sutton doubled into left field to give the Canes a 4-0 advantage.

Sutton singled home two more runs in the top of the fourth to give Cartersville a 6-0 lead and the final Canes’ run scored in the sixth on an RBI single by Sam Melton.

Trey Scott started on the mound for Cass and gave up six earned runs on eight hits and four walks. He fanned four. Aidan Cottingim pitched the final three innings for the Colonels allowing one run on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

Jordan Gani had two hits for Cass. Carson Hill, Kyle Miller, and Aidan Larkin added one hit each for the Colonels.

The Cartersville offense totaled 13 hits.

Sutton led the way with two hits including a double and three RBIs. Bonner had two hits and one RBI. Jake Brasfield also finished with a pair of hits.

McPherson (RBI), Melton (RBI), Childers, Williams, Elliott Eastin, Ben Williams, and Landon Cole added one hit apiece.

The loss drops Cass to 6-17 overall and 5-6 in Region 7-AAAAA.

Fifth ranked Cartersville (20-6, 10-3) will host a doubleheader with the Colonels Friday starting at 5 p.m. The win for Cartersville also means the Canes have reached the 20-win plateau 20 for the 24th time in the past 25 full seasons.