Farmer, Klotz Homer, Chillicothe Beats Johnstown 2-1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Johnstown Mill Rats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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Chillicothe Paints | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 7 | 0 |
(Hunter Klotz blasted his first home run of the season in the bottom of the second inning Friday. Photo: Cory Hall/Chillicothe Paints)
From the Chillicothe Paints:
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - The Chillicothe Paints, presented by Adena Health System, took advantage of stellar pitching and a couple home runs Friday night at VA Memorial Stadium, beating the Johnstown Mill Rats 2-1.
The Paints (19-10) would get the scoring started on the first pitch of the bottom of the first inning, as Santrel Farmer hit a ball over the left-center field wall, giving Chillicothe a 1-0 lead.
Chillicothe would add to their lead in the bottom of the second with another solo home run to right off, this time off the bat of Hunter Klotz, making it 2-0.
Through six innings of work, Paints starting pitcher Gunnar Boehm (1-2) had allowed only two hits, which were both lead off singles that were negated by double plays, while striking out three.
In the top of the seventh inning Boehm gave up a hit for the first time since the top of the third, a leadoff triple by Jake Casey, who would later score on a sacrifice fly to deep center by Lukas Torres, cutting the Chillicothe lead in half at 2-1.
Boehm's final stat line was seven innings pitched, one earned run, four strikeouts, and one walk, earning his first win of the season.
In the top of the eighth inning, Brett Carson would come in to replace Boehm. He pitched the final two innings, shutting out Johnstown and striking out five, giving Chillicothe a 2-1 win over the Johnstown. Carson earned his team-leading third save of the summer.
The Paints are back in action Saturday night at VA Memorial Stadium, again hosting Johnstown at 7:05 p.m. An Independence Day Fireworks Extravaganza will follow the game, sponsored by 94 Country.
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From the Johnstown Mill Rats:
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – On a hot summer evening in Ohio, the bats remained cool. Mark Edeburn got the start for the Mill Rats. The trusty RHP out of Indiana University of PA put together a strong outing for the Rats, 4 IP with 4 K's on 2 ER, the only blemishes coming on solo shots in the 1st and 2nd innings for the Paints.
The Paints started the scoring early, on the first pitch to be exact, when their leadoff hitter Santrel Farmer cleared the CF wall. Catcher Hunter Klotz followed up in the second inning with a solo shot of his own, headed deep into the night over the Right Field wall.
Will Knight came on in relief for the Mill Rats in the 5th and kept Johnstown in the game, going 4 innings and allowing only 1 hit while striking out 3. The Mill Rats got on the board in the 7th when Center Fielder Jake Casey smashed a triple into Right Center field to leadoff the inning, before scoring on a deep sacrifice fly from the Left Fielder Lukas Torres.
The Mill Rats brought the tying run to Second Base in the top of the ninth following a walk from Casey and a single from First Baseman Randy Carlo. The threat was ended as Chillicothe reliever Brett Carson struck out the final Mill Rat to end the ballgame 2-1 in front of a crowd of 1,001 at VA Memorial Stadium.
The Mill Rats return to action on the road against Chillicothe tomorrow to finish the series before heading to Beckley, WV for a doubleheader with the Miners on Sunday.