Colonels open '24 campaign with a road win

February 14, 2024

Cass High’s baseball team opened the 2024 season on Tuesday evening with a 7-5 victory at Paulding County.

The Colonels built an early 4-0 lead and led 5-2 heading into the seventh frame. In the seventh, Cass added two insurance runs to go up 7-2 and then held on in the bottom of the inning for a 7-5 win.

The Patriots (0-1) scored three times in their half of the seventh and had the potential tying run at the plate with no outs but a groundout and a pair of strikeouts by reliever Trenton Payne closed out the victory.

Cass utilized six pitchers in the opener. Hunter Lovett (2 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 3K), Justin Peace (2 IP, 2ER, 3H, 2BB, 4K), Chase Tatum (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 2K), Jacob Johnson (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 2K), Cayden Roberts (4 BF, 3ER, 3H), and Payne (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 2K) all pitched.

Roberts led the Colonels’ offense with four hits including three doubles and three RBIs. Nic Wright tripled with one RBI. Jesiel Moctezuma had a solo home run while Lovett and Devan Hutchinson added one hit each.

Cass (1-0) hosts Sprayberry on Thursday and Paulding County on Friday. Both games are scheduled for 5:55 p.m. starts.