The Champion baseball team’s hot streak continued last weekend after the Chargers picked up two more district wins.
Champion edge Lehman last Friday, 3-2, and then doubled up Seguin on Saturday, 6-3. In both cases, they were trailing early and rallied for the wins.
The Chargers are 10-5 overall and 4-2 in district. The team has won five straight including four consecutive games in 26-5A. They look to keep the streak going when they host Kerrville Tivy on Tuesday.
Vs. Seguin Champion was trailing 2-1 after the first inning but tied it in the second with a single run and then took the lead in the third with another run for the 3-1 advantage.
The Chargers pieced together a good inning in the third with 3 runs to pull ahead 6-2. Seguin ended the inning with a double play but only after Champion had scored its 3 runs with a single, hit
Vs. Seguin batter, walk, a wild pitch and another single.
Back-to-back doubles in the bottom of the 5th allowed the Matadors to score a run and cut the lead in half at 6-3, but that’s as close as Seguin would come to catching the Chargers after neither team scored in the final two frames.
Connor Holtorf doubled and scored; Aiden Pickett singled, scored and picked up 2 RBI; Ryan Brandon and Robbie Vela both singled and pushed in a run; Karson Kaiser took 2 walks; Jacob Caraway singled and scored; Jacob Gresham singled; Rowdy Miller scored and Quinn Grable hit 2 singles, scored 2 runs and collected an RBI.
Vela picked up the win after he went 3.1 innings, gave up 3 hits, 2 runs, walked 5 and fanned 3, Aaron Basham earned the save and yielded 2 hits, 1 run and struck out 4, while Cooper Marshall threw 9 pitches and recorded 2 outs, sitting down 1.
Vs. Lehman
The Lobos jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the third, but those would be the only runs of the game for the Kyle Lehman school.
Champion answered with a single run in the bottom of the third after Aaron Basham tripled and scored to make it 2-1, and then the Chargers added 2 more runs in the fourth for the 3-2 lead and held on for the win. Karson Kaiser brought in both runs in the fourth with a double to help his cause.
Kaiser picked up the win on 90 pitches, gave up 5 hits, no earned runs, fanned 3 and didn’t walk a batter.
Champion outhit the Lobos 10-5 despite the close score and were led by the Basham triple and Kaiser double. Kaiser added a single and picked up 2 RBI and Basham also singled to go with his double and scored once.
Connor Holtorf went 3 for 3 with 3 singles and a run scored; Jordan Ballin and Aiden Pickett both singled, while Jacob Caraway singled and scored.
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