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Champs split series with Fayetteville

By CHRIS SIERS ~ sports@t-g.com
Posted 4/29/21

Tyler Knight was dialed in against Fayetteville on Monday afternoon. The Champion starter pitched a complete game, one-hit shutout in the Champs 2-0 victory. The Tigers didn't manage a hit off Knight until a one-out single in the fifth inning. Knight had to work around a sixth-inning jam as the Tigers were able to load the bases thanks to a pair of errors in the field...

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Champs split series with Fayetteville

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Tyler Knight was dialed in against Fayetteville on Monday afternoon.

The Champion starter pitched a complete game, one-hit shutout in the Champs 2-0 victory.

The Tigers didn't manage a hit off Knight until a one-out single in the fifth inning.

Knight had to work around a sixth-inning jam as the Tigers were able to load the bases thanks to a pair of errors in the field.

With just one out and the bases loaded, Knight settled in and recorded the final two outs to work out of the jam.

He sat the Tigers down in order in the seventh, including a pair of punch outs to close out the game.

He got some timely offensive support and while the Champs were held to just two hits of their own, managed to deliver.

In the bottom of the first, Chance Brown safely reached base after he was hit by a pitch.

He advanced onto second with on a passed ball but later scored on RBI double by Logan McDonald.

Following the early score, Cascade's bats went quiet until Brown once again led off in the sixth inning and tacked on an insurance run with a solo-homer to left.

In Knight's stellar outing, he allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out 14 batters.

Fayetteville 000 000 0 - 0 1 0

Cascade 100 001 x - 2 2 2

Cascade: Chance Brown 1-for-2, Logan McDonald 1-for-3.

WP: Knight

****Fayetteville 6, Cascade 2

A four-run fifth inning proved to be the difference as Fayetteville City forced a split in the two-game series against Cascade on Tuesday night.

The Tigers knocked in the first run of the game in the bottom of the first frame only to have Cascade even the score when Conner Melson drove in the Champs' first run on a RBI single to left.

Cascade took the lead in the third frame when Ryan Inmon crushed a solo-homer, giving Cascade the slim 2-1 lead.

The Tigers answered in the fourth frame when the home team was able to load the bases with an error, a walk and a hit batter.

Fayetteville scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly but it was a three-run blast by Jonathan Cannon that broke any of the Champs' momentum.

Both teams only managed three hits in the contest with Inmon's solo blast leading the Champs.

Caden Hammonds also singled against the Tigers.

On the mound, Walker Craig got the nod and pitched four innings of two-hit baseball before being relieved by Jake Bates.

Bates pitched the final two innings and struck out two batters.

Cascade will be back on the road on Friday with a non-district road game at Culleoka at 5 p.m.

Cascade 011 000 0 - 2 3 1

Fayetteville 100 140 x - 6 3 1

Cascade: Ryan Inmon 1-for-1, Conner Melson 1-for-3, Caden Hammonds 1-for-2.

WP: Thomas