Charger hardball team clubs Cougars, clipped by Canyon

The Charger baseball team dropped its district game with New Braunfels Canyon on Friday but Champion did rebound on Saturday to defeat Clark in a non-district contest.

Champion plays a series with Kerrville Tivy this week, Tuesday at Tivy and at home on Thursday. They are 17-6-1 overall and 4-2 in district.

Vs. NB Canyon

The Chargers were up 1-0 at the end of one, but Canyon scored in five straight innings – from the second through the sixth – to get its 8 runs. Champion tried to rally late and plated single runs in the fifth and sixth frames but would get no closer.

The Chargers had more hits than the Cougars, 7-6, but only recorded 2 RBI compared to the NBC team that had 5 RBI.

Ethan Harrison and Cam Logan both finished with 2 hits in the game, with Logan knocking out 2 singles and Harrison hitting a double and a single. Harrison also scored a run and took a walk.

Jordan Ballin singled, walked twice, drove in a run and scored 2 of their 3 runs, Quinn Grable singled and picked up an RBI, while Garland Whitehead singled.

Jackson Melanson tossed 4 innings and gave up 5 hits, 3 earned runs, 1 walk and fanned 5.

Jacob Schwope threw 2 innings and Robbie Vela went an inning. Schwope yielded a hit, 2 earned runs, 4 walks and struck out 3, while Vela didn’t give up a hit or run, walked 1 and sat down 1.

Vs. Clark

After Clark had cut Champion’s lead down to 4-2, the Chargers put the game away with a 4-run sixth inning to secure the 8-2 victory.

Evan Kuhl hit a triple in that sixth inning and also singled, took a walk and collected 3 RBI in the game, while Quinn Grable doubled, hit 2 singles, scored 2 runs and drove in a run as Kuhl and Grable led the Chargers at the plate.

Jordan Ballin knocked out 2 singles and scored once, Cam Logan picked up an RBI, Gage Goldberg walked two times and scored a run, Grant Kinzel walked, Aidan Smith walked and pushed in a run, while Garland Whitehead walked and scored.

Aidan Smith was the winning pitcher in the game after he went 4 frames and threw 52 pitches. Smith didn’t surrender a run and only gave up 1 hit and 2 walks.

Matthew Booth went 2.1 innings on the bump and yielded 6 hits, 2 runs with no walks and Nate Mayo closed it out and got 2 outs on 3 pitches after the defense turned a double play.