FLASHES BRING THE HURT TO GARFIELD

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Champion took the lead late in the game in a 13-4 victory over Garfield on Wednesday. Champion trailed 4-3 in the bottom of the fourth inning when Kale Klingeman singled on a 0-1 count, scoring two runs.

Garfield scored four runs in the second inning, but Champion still managed to pull out the victory.

The Flashes got things moving in the first inning. Tyler Skaggs doubled on a 3-2 count, scoring one run.

Champion took the lead for good with three runs in the fourth inning. In the fourth Carson Fife’s sac fly scored one run.

The Flashes tallied seven runs in the fifth inning. Joey Fell, Nate Holt, Fife, Benny Robinson, and Jack O’Shaughnessy powered the big inning with RBIs.

Fife earned the victory on the hill for Champion. The pitcher went three and two-thirds innings, allowing zero runs on four hits, striking out two and walking zero.

The Flashes collected eight hits. Klingeman, Fell, and O’Shaughnessy each had multiple hits.