Paints Beat Mill Rats 10-3
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
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Chillicothe Paints | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | X | 10 | 14 | 0 |
(Photo by Cory Hall/Chillicothe Paints)
Recap courtesy of the Chillicothe Paints:
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - The Chillicothe Paints, presented by Adena Health System, took advantage of a quality start of their own and six Johnstown errors, beating the Mill Rats 10-3 Wednesday night at VA Memorial Stadium.
Gino Sabatine (2-1) started on the mound for Chillicothe (22-10, 1-0), turning in a quality start for the Paints, throwing seven innings and only allowing one run on one walk, while striking out eight.
The Paints stole the first run of the game in the bottom of the second when Ben Gbur stole second base and drew a bad throw from Johnstown catcher Sam Mast, allowing Mike Sprockett to score, giving the Paints an early 1-0 lead. Connor Ashby would add to the lead with an RBI double to center, scoring Gbur and giving Chillicothe a 2-0 lead through two innings.
The Paints would extend their lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the third when Sprockett hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Tim Orr.
Chillicothe scored again in the bottom of the fourth on a Cameron Bowen RBI groundout, scoring Gbur and making it 4-0.
In the bottom half of the sixth, Bowen would get another RBI, this time on a sacrifice fly to right that scored Gbur, extending the Chillicothe lead to 5-0.
Johnstown (13-20, 1-1) scored its first run of the game in the top of the seventh inning on back-to-back hits to lead off the inning. Pete Capobianco led off with a double and was brought around to score by Mast, making the score 5-1.
The Paints would answer in the first two at bats of the bottom of the inning. Orr slashed a single to lead off and Santrel Farmer followed that with a triple right down the left-field line, scoring Orr and taking the lead to 6-1. Farmer would score himself a few pitches later on a wild pitch, giving Chillicothe a 7-1 lead. Gbur smacked a single to left, allowing Sprockett to score on a bobble by the left fielder, giving the Paints an 8-1 advantage.
Sabatine left the game following the seventh inning and was replaced by Anthony Steele, who had started the game as the designated hitter.
The Mill Rats tacked on another run in the eighth, capitalizing on two walks, scoring one on a single to the wall and shrinking the lead to 8-2.
The Paints would respond in the bottom of the inning, scoring two on a double to the wall off the bat of Sprockett, giving him his second and third RBIs of the game and extending the lead to 10-2.
In the top of the ninth, after another pitching change, the Paints would surrender a run with two outs off a double from JD Greeley that plated Chase Cromer to finish the scoring with the Paints in front 10-3. Pitcher Seth Evans bounced back, finishing the game with a called third strike.
The Chillicothe Paints have won four in a row and seven of their last eight. They begin a five-game road trip over the next six days with a stop in Lafayette, Ind. Thursday to take on the Aviators at 7 p.m.
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Recap courtesy of the Johnstown Mill Rats
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – The Chillicothe Paints took advantage of six Johnstown errors to help defeat the Mill Rats 10-3 in a Prospect League matchup on Wednesday night.
Though nine of Chillicothe's 10 runs were earned, the Paints utilized multiple throwing errors to extend innings and get runners in scoring position. Chillicothe pounded out 14 hits to keep pressure on the Mill Rats defense.
The Paints tallied runs in four out of five frames from the second to the sixth inning to build a 5-0 lead. Johnstown tallied a run in the seventh on an RBI single by Sam Mast that broke the shutout, but Chillicothe answered with three runs in the bottom half to blow the game open.
Chillicothe scored two more runs in the bottom of the eighth to extend the lead to 10-2 before Johnstown added one more score in the ninth to set the final.
Four Paints hitters had multiple base knocks, with Tim Orr and Mike Sprockett leading the way with three a piece. Chillicothe starter Gino Sabatine earned his second win of the season against the Mill Rats after allowing one run on five hits over seven innings while striking out eight.
J.D. Greeley recorded three of the Mill Rats' seven hits, going 3-for-3 with two doubles, an RBI, a run scored and a walk. Joe Alcorn and Sam Mast each drove in a run. Josh Cottrill took the loss on the mound.
Johnstown (13-20, 1-1) hosts West Virginia on Thursday at 7 p.m. to open a two-game homestand.