The Cass Colonels baseball team fell behind early Wednesday at Kennesaw Mountain and lost 6-3.

Kennesaw Mountain scored a run in the first inning on a wild pitch to go ahead 1-0, but it was a five-run third inning that became insurmountable for the Colonels. Five walks, a hit batsman, a sacrifice fly, and two singles plated five runs for the Mustangs in the decisive third inning.

 Clay Means and Bailey Campbell had run producing singles in the fourth to score three runs for Cass, but it would not be enough. Cody Johnson started on the mound for the Colonels and was saddled with the loss. Austin Pruett worked the final 3-plus innings on the mound for Cass and did not allow a run.

Cass is now 7-5 on the season and has lost five of its last seven.

 

Nick Fink’s extra base hit in the bottom of the tenth inning lifted Georgia Highlands College to an extra innings 5-4 win over Vincennes University Wednesday afternoon at LakePoint Sporting Community in Emerson. Bronco O’Brien singled, Vincennes committed an outfield error, and Brandon Bell hit a two-run homer to account for the Georgia Highlands runs.

Bradley Hood earned the pitching win for the Chargers working only a shutout tenth inning with one strikeout. Jake Lovvorn (4.2 IP, 2ER, 7H, 2BB, 4K) started on the mound for the Chargers. Britt Buckelew, Ryan Bramlett, and David Hussey pitched in middle relief.

O’Brien had two hits for Georgia Highlands. Bell hit the two-run homer. John White (RBI), Fink (RBI), Nick Piccapietra, and Isreal Zackery had the other Chargers’ hits.

The Chargers also won the second game of a doubleheader with Vincennes 12-1 Wednesday. O’Brien had a walk-off, inside-the-park grand slam to give Georgia Highlands the margin for a mercy-rule win. Georgia Highlands improved to 14-8 with the two wins and the Chargers have now won eight straight games.

 

 

Today

 

5:30 Adairsville (girls, soccer) at Haralson County

5:30 Woodland (baseball) vs. Calhoun

6:00 Cartersville (baseball) vs. James Clemens (Alabama) at LakePoint

7:00 Adairsville (boys, soccer) at Haralson County

 

Tomorrow

 

3:00 Georgia Highlands (baseball) vs. Indian Hills

5:00 Woodland (baseball) vs. Cedartown

5:55 Adairsville (baseball) at Cass

7:30 Georgia Highlands (basketball) vs. South Georgia (GCAA conference tournament semi-finals)

TBA (Cartersville (baseball) vs. TBA