Chargers split DH with Roane State

Georgia Highlands College baseball split a pair of games Tuesday with Roane State CC at LakePoint. The Chargers dropped the opener 12-2 but bounced back to take the second game of the double-dip, 11-6.

The Chargers pounded out a dozen hits in Game 2 and came from behind with an eight-run rally in the fifth inning to capture the finale after Roane State had taken an early 4-0 lead.

Zayd Brannigan led the offensive attack with three hits. Hudson Sapp (4 RBIs), Ryan Wideman (RBI), and Conner Faulkner (RBI) each had two hits in the victory. Adam Love tripled with one RBI. Barrett Eldridge (RBI) and Nic Ferrer (sacrifice) also had base hits. Mitchell Walker drove in a pair of runs.

GHC pitchers Zach Valentine (5 IP, 4ER, 10H, 0BB, 2K), Trippe Moore (1 IP, 1ER, 2H), and Chandler Anderson (1 IP, 1ER, 2H) combined on the mound.

Roane State broke open a close game in the opener with four runs in both the sixth and seventh innings. Raiders’ pitchers Evan Maddox (4 IP, 2R, 1ER, 2H, 1BB, 6K) and Layne Dale (3 IP, 0R, 3H, 0BB, 3K) combined for nine strikeouts and limited the Chargers’ offense.

Brannigan had two hits including a double and a home run for Georgia Highlands. Three other Chargers added one hit each — Wideman, Ferrer, and Jayden Talik.

GHC (16-6) takes on Macomb CC (Michigan) in a four-game series Friday and Saturday at Pickens High School in Jasper. Friday’s games begin at 4 p.m. with Saturday’s matchups starting at 11 a.m.