Chargers continue hot start

Georgia Highlands College baseball swept a home doubleheader with Point University Monday afternoon for the Chargers’ 15th and 16th wins of the season.

The Chargers won the opener 3-0 and held on in the second game 6-5 improving to 16-0 on the year.

Four pitchers — Jacob Ryan, Bubba Luke, Zachary Murray, and Ryan Suppa — combined on the mound in the first game to limit the Skyhawks to only three hits. The quartet of hurlers also combined for nine strikeouts,

Ethan Anderson hit a solo home run, a double, and finished with two RBIs. Conner Todaro had two hits including a double and David Smith had a triple and one RBI in the win. Parker Poteet, Zayd Brannigan, and Mick Moody added one hit apiece.

In the second game, Georgia Highlands led 5-0 early, but a four-run fourth by Point made things interesting down the stretch before the Chargers held on for a 6-5 win.

Todaro hit a first inning two-run home run and Anderson smacked a three-run home run in the third to give the Chargers a 5-0 lead.

Point utilized a pair of walks and took advantage of a pair of Chargers’ errors in the fourth inning to mount their runs. The teams each added an unearned run apiece in their final offensive frames to end a rain soaked day.

Baylor Akin (3.2 IP, 4R, 1ER, 1H, 2BB, 3K) and Caleb Garner (1.1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 0H, 1BB, 1K) both pitched for the Chargers. Other than the two homers, Caden Smith had the only other GHC base hit.

The Chargers will host a three-game series with Wabash Valley College Friday and Saturday at Pickens High School and will play at Wallace State-Hanceville Sunday.