GROVE CITY, Pa. – April 30, 2021 – Between the two road games, Chatham hit three dingers in the double header at Grove City, but the Cougars fell in both games 7-3 and 11-2. Chatham's record falls to 8-20 overall and 7-15 in PAC play.
The first game saw Grove City lead for almost the entirety of the nine-inning outing. After the Wolverines got two in the bottom of the second, senior
Jonathan Scarsella doubled to slice the deficit in half. Unfortunately, Grove City regained the two-run advantage in the bottom of the third inning.
Chatham got close in the eighth inning. A two-run home run by sophomore
Luke Paulson made game one a one-run affair. With momentum swinging to the visitors, Grove City snatched it right back with an RBI single and a two-run homer of its own to put the score at the final 7-3 mark.
Six different Cougars tallied hits while sophomore
Brandon Griener scored twice. First-year
Caleb Lehman and juniors
Nico Cuello and
Caleb Lehman also had singles. The loss went to senior
Ryan Shawley after allowing four runs, three earned despite striking out six. Sophomore
Eric Paulin finished the final two innings.
In game two, Grove City struck to the tune of five runs before Chatham got on the board, one in the second and four in the third. Sophomore
Cole Couchman launched a home run over the right field wall and Griener went the opposite way for his third dinger of the year. The 5-2 deficit halfway through the fifth would be the closest Chatham got as Grove City piled on five more in the bottom of the inning.
The Cougars outhit the Wolverines 9-8 despite the nine-run defeat. What spelled the demise of Chatham turned out to be the errors. The Cougars committed six errors, leading to seven unearned runs.
Junior
Kelli Jenkins started and took the loss after going 2.1 innings and giving up five runs, despite just one of those being earned. Classmate
Trevor Salvior struck out three in his 2.1 innings of action while first-year
Mitchell Thornton went 1.1 innings.
Chatham looks to bounce back with a home double header tomorrow, May 1 at West Field with first pitch of game one being at 2 p.m.
