It was a good high school baseball game between two teams in the 3A-4 conference that were separated by just one game going into Tuesday’s contest at Paris. Both teams battled with the lead going back and forth. But as things sometimes go, events happen that put the importance of the game, or, the lack of importance, into its proper perspective.
With the Tigers batting in the top half of the fifth inning and with one out, a seemingly routine ground ball to second base resulted in a collision between a Charleston base runner and Paris second baseman, Konnor Edwards. It was a violent collision that was a clean play by both players who were simply concentrating on what they had to do in that particular situation. As Edwards approached the ground ball, the runner collided with him in the base path, and both players fell to the ground. The play ended with the Charleston runner safe at second, and with Edwards injured on the play.
As a sports writer, my policy is to not share information regarding player injuries or their playing status. That is for both the protection of the player(s) health privacy, and, to not play a role in perpetuating inaccurate information.
The play resulted in a 27 minute delay as an ambulance was brought onto the field. All in all, it was almost 30 minutes by the time players warmed-up and play resumed.
After the delay, Paris eventually fell down in the score by as many as five runs to the Tigers, before Paris answered with two runs in the sixth. But that was it, and the game ended with Charleston getting a big road conference victory by defeating Paris, 8-5. .
With the win, Charleston coach Tyler Reese’s team moves to 4-1 in conference play, and Paris drops to 3-2. The Eagles will travel to Hackett on Wednesday to play another conference game with the Hornets. The game at Hackett was originally scheduled for Friday, but with anticipated rain in the forecast for Friday, both schools agreed to move the game up to Wednesday. The Eagles will play at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
After Tuesday’s win over Paris, Charleston coach Tyler Reese said, “Kids played well. Carter (Little) did a good job of getting ahead of batters and competing in the strike zone. Proud of how he competed against two of the better hitters in the conference. We did a good job of being aggressive at the plate and putting the ball into play; had some timely hits. We still need to be more consistent defensively. Proud of Colton (Pair) for coming in and finishing out the game in the bottom of the seventh.”
Charleston will travel to Cedarville on Wednesday to play the Pirates. First pitch in Cedarville is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
Eagles freshman pitcher, Kort Tencleve, started the game for Paris and pitched well through six innings. Tencleve was relieved by Mason Bradley in the seventh. Another freshman pitcher started for Charleston; Carter Little started and go the win for the Tigers. He was relieved by junior Colton Pair in the seventh.
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