Charlton County Baseball

#2 in the Private School rankings, Savannah Christian visited Charlton on a very chilly Saturday afternoon.  Charlton County  took the lead in the sixth inning at Indian Field and held on for the victory. An error scored Jacob Baxter and gave Charlton County INDIANS Varsity the lead for good.

Jacob Baxter put himself in scoring position with two extra-base hits for Charlton County INDIANS Varsity. He tripled in the fifth inning and doubled in the sixth inning.

LJ Talley got it done on the rubber on the way to a win. He pitched 3 2/3 shutout innings. He struck out two, walked two and surrendered three hits.  Scott Beasley got the start pitching.  Indians were down 5-0 (2 earned) when Talley took over after 3 1/3.  Jesse King delivered the big hit allowing Josh Crosby to schore from first knotting the game at 5-5.  LJ Talley's deep fly ball gave the Indians the go ahead run with Talley crossing the plate.  Indians go to 6-0 on the season (1-0 in Region Play)

Young racked up four RBIs on one hit for Charlton County INDIANS Varsity.

Hilliard's lineup had no answer for Jesse King. Hilliard managed just two hits off of King, who allowed no earned runs, walked two and struck out five during his five innings of work.

Charlton travelled to Irwin County to begin the Class 2A region schedule on Wednesday night.  Ryan Young took the mound for the Indians.  Young proved he was up to the task.  Young allowed just two hits and had six strikeouts in 5 innings of work.  The Indians once again had to come from behind for the win.  In the 3^rd Young gave up a lead-off hit and after two passed balls Irwin had a runner at 3^rd with no outs.  Young would strike out the next batter.  A fly ball to center field found Josh Crosby who fired a strike to the plate with the runner at third tagging.  The runner seemed to be thrown out but was called safe.  Charlton would answer in the 4^th.  Jesse King delivered a 2 out hit, followed by a hit by Richard Dasher.  An error by Irwin’s third baseman would allow J. King to tie the game.  With the bases loaded in the 6^th, J. King delivers again with base hit up the middle scoring Ryan Young.  Charlton would tack on 4 more in the inning and never look back.  Scott Beasley came on in relief of Young retiring 6 of 7 batters faced, giving Charlton the win!  4-0 on the season, 1-0 in region play. 

With Ryan Young making his first start of the season on the mound, the Indians got a fast start, scoring 7 first inning runs.  Young threw 4 innings giving up just 1 unearned run and striking out 6.  The tide turned in the 6^th with Brantley plating 5 runs and then 8 runs in the 7^th on the Indian relievers.  The Indian’s used 6 pitchers in the game and found themselves down 15-10 going into the bottom of the 7^th.  Charlton would rally for 5 runs sending the game into extra innings.  In the 8^th Josh Crosby took the mound retiring the Herons in order.  The Indians offense quickly loaded the bases in the bottom half of the eighth inning on two walks and a single by LJ Talley.  After two strikeouts, Josh Crosby came to the plate. He had already been on base 4 times in the contest.  With two strikes, Crosby delivered a clutch ground ball single to right field giving the Indians the Victory.

Final score 16-15.  Indians move to 3-0 on the season.  

The Indians travelled to Hilliard, Florida for the annual “Border War”.   The Flashes got started quickly going up 2-0 on the Indians after 3 innings.  LJ Talley was on the mound for the Indians and held them in check for the rest of the night.  LJ struck out 7, giving up only 3 hits in 6 1/3 innings pitched.  Hamp Huling came on in the 7^th for Indians to close the deal.  Charlton County used extra base hits from Jacob Baxter (triple), LJ Talley, Brad Baxter, and Will Gowen (all with Doubles) to get the win.  Scott Birchall chipped in with an RBI.  Indians win 5-2!   (Season 2-0)