Canes, Colonels open baseball season with home wins

Cartersville scored single runs in the bottom of the sixth and seventh innings Tuesday night at Richard Bell Field to send the Purple Hurricanes’ game with Campbell to extra innings. The Canes then won the game in the bottom of the eighth with a walk-off base on balls.

The Spartans (0-1) led 2-0 through five innings with single runs in the top of the first and top of the fifth before Cartersville made the comeback.

Luke Miller singled home Harrison Childers for the Hurricanes’ first in the bottom of the sixth. Childers had doubled to start the frame.

In the seventh, Cartersville scored on two walks and an infield error to make the score 2-2.

In the Canes’ eighth, walks to Paul Gamble and Trip Bradley plus a Ryan Johnson bunt that was misplayed by the Campbell pitcher for an error loaded the bases. Miles Owen then coaxed a five-pitch walk for the Purple Hurricanes’ winning run.

Caden Carroll (3 IP, 1ER, 4H, 3BB, 3K) made the pitching start for Cartersville. Geoffrey Gore (3 IP, 1R, 0ER, 2H, 1BB, 6K) tossed the fourth through sixth innings. Phillip Schiltz (2 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 2K) collected the pitching win by working the final two scoreless frames.

Cartersville had only four hits in the win. In addition to the hits by Childers and Miller in the sixth. Owen and Caleb Daniel added one hit apiece.

Ryan Gold had two hits and one RBI to lead the Campbell offense.

Cartersville (1-0) visits Etowah Friday night at 6 p.m.

CASS 6, SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD 1

The Colonels grabbed a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning Tuesday night and never trailed in a 6-1 season-opening win at home over Southeast Whitfield.

Cass added a single run in the fourth inning and three more in the sixth. The lone run by the Raiders (0-2) was a solo home run by Brady Ensley in the top of the fifth that made the score 3-1 at the time.

Carson Hill (5 IP, 1ER, 2H, 0BB, 7K) made the start on the mound for the Colonels. Trenton Payne (1 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 2K) and Devan Hutchinson (1 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 3K) closed out the Cass win.

The Colonels managed only four hits.

Justin Peace (2 RBIs), Jesiel Moctezuma, Cayden Roberts, and Payne (double) finished with one hit each.

Cass (1-0) travels to Southeast Whitfield Thursday for a 5:30 p.m. first pitch.