Kings Beat Up On Paints In Game One Of DH

(Photo by Cory Hall)

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - The Chillicothe Paints, presented by Adena Health System, struggled in a 10-3 loss in game one of a doubleheader Thursday night against the Champion City Kings at VA Memorial Stadium.

Champion City would come out swinging. After their first batter of the game struck out, they strung together four hits in a row, five in the inning, including a two-run double to give them the early 3-0 lead.

In the top of the second inning, the Kings scored two more on back-to-back singles by Matt Mercer and Edrick Padilla, respectively, taking the score to 5-0.

In the top of the fourth, Champion City scored two more runs on a double to the centerfield wall by Jonah Sutton, making it 7-0. This was followed with another single to right-center by Evan Lorey, that scored another run extending the lead to 8-0.

Chillicothe starting pitcher Gino Sabatine exited the game in the fourth after 3 2/3 innings of work. He gave up eight runs, striking out one, and walking three. Seth Evans replaced him out of the bullpen.

The Paints got on the board in the bottom of the fourth when Tim Orr, on third from his leadoff triple, scored on a wild pitch, cutting the lead to 8-1. Chillicothe picked up another run on a Hunter Klotz groundout, scoring Kade Wroot, making it 8-2.

Champion City would keep the bats hot in the fifth, scoring a run on a double to the right-center wall by Mercer, taking their lead to 9-2. They would get another in the inning, this time on a bases-loaded walk by Lorey, extending the Kings' lead to 10-2.

To start the sixth inning, Logan Fisher came out of the bullpen to take over for Evans on the mound after 1 1/3 innings of work where he gave up two runs on two hits. 

In the bottom half of the seventh inning, Chillicothe would pick up a run after back-to-back Orr and Wroot singles followed by a groundout by Anthony Steele that scored Orr cutting the deficit to 10-3, the eventual final.