CHATT VALLEY TAKES GAME ONE 7-3 AT PJC, GAME TWO CANCELLED - Pensacola, FL

The CVCC baseball team traveled down to Pensacola on Tuesday for a twinbill against Pensacola Junior College, who share the Pirate mascot. CV started off strong, scoring three runs in the top of the first. Alex Montes started the game by reaching on an error. CV capitalized on the mistake by rattling off four hits including a double by Stephen Pittard as well as hits by Min Ho Kim, Antonio Callaway, and Wes Adkins. It looked as if Chatt Valley had taken the wind out of PJC's sails early, but Pensacola came right back at the Pirates in the bottom half of the inning, taking advantage of an error and three hits to score three runs of their own. Both starting pitchers settled down after rough first innings and what looked to be a shoot out turned into a good old fashioned pitcher's duel.

CVCC starter Matt Hill made the adjustment in the second inning and didn't look back, dominating PJC's hitters for the next six innings. Hill(W 1-0, 7IP, 6H, 7K) looked very sharp as the game developed, whiffing seven and scattering just three more hits after the first inning. Pensacola threatened to beat the lefty in the bottom of the seventh inning, but Hill buckled down and pitched out of a jam to keep CV alive.

It was the first extra frame where everything came undone for PJC. A pitching change seemed to push the momentum over to CV's side, and the opportunistic Pirates from Phenix City jumped on Pensacola's reliever for four huge runs to put the score at 7-3. Wade Dudley(S 1IP, 1H, 2K) was called upon to save the game for Chatt Valley, and he did so with little drama. Dudley was sharp, striking out two before giving up a single, and coercing a ground ball to Tristan Farrell to end the game. In the effort, Dudley was nearly perfect throwing nine strikes on ten pitches.

Game two was set to begin, but just minutes before game time, heavy rains forced a cancellation. No makeup date was scheduled and given the distance between the campuses and the non-conference nature of the series, it is unlikely a makeup date will be set. With the victory the Pirates complete the four day sweep of non conference opponents and move to 6-2 on the year. Lawson State comes to town on Thursday for a 2PM game. It will be the first time the Pirates have faced Lawson State since 2006 when they were divisional opponents.