Charger Baseball Opens 2-0, Dominating Doubleheader with 25 Total Runs

Article by Rob K. Winkle, Jr., B.A. | Photos by Reflections by Rob, LLC

The Edison State Chargers baseball team would open their season on Saturday against St. Clair Community College in doubleheader action in Piqua. The Chargers would jump out early against a struggling performance from St. Clair's mound. Their staff walked a total of 17 in game 1. The Chargers took full advantage, jumping out to a 7-0 lead at the end of 2.

Sophomore right-fielder Caleb Wurster (Indian Lake HS) would provide firepower from his bat, going 1-1 with a walk and an SB, but more importantly, he would put the nail in the coffin for the game with a three-run blast, bringing his total for Saturday to 3-5, BB, SB, 3 RBI, 2 K, AND 4 R. Wurster's home run was his first in his Edison State career.

Freshman left-fielder Byson Arthur (Dublin-Scioto HS) would also knock a run-scoring double and steal a base in game one. His overall performance on opening Saturday would total 1-4 but net a .625 OBP, drawing four walks on the day and knocking in the run in game one.

Freshman pitcher Ben Randall (Sunlake HS (Fla.)) would debut as a Charger with 5.0 IP, a win, strikeout 4, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 ER, and an ERA of 1.80. Randall's fastball hit 84 mph on the gun at one point and was consistently in the high 70s throughout the game.

Game 1 would end in a Chargers win with a score of 14-2 and in game two the Chargers would also dominate, winning that game 11-3 with much less help from the opposition who only walked 4 in game 2.

The Chargers will be in action on Sunday against St. Clair again in a doubleheader, with the first game starting at 1:00 pm.

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