Rhadans shutout earns doubleheader split for Chargers

Georgia Highlands College baseball split a doubleheader with 2nd-ranked Walters State CC (Tenn.) Saturday at LakePoint Sporting Community in Emerson winning the opener 1-0, but dropping the second game, 6-0.

Game 1 featured a complete-game, three-hit shutout from pitcher Dalton Rhadans. The freshman right-hander from North Paulding High School fanned seven with only one walk while blanking the visiting Senators. Blake Brady singled home Parker Orr in the bottom of the fourth inning for the only offense the Chargers would need. In Game 2, Walters State pitchers Kody Davidson and Blake Petty combined on a shutout of the Chargers. The pitching duo scattered seven hits and four walks while striking out 11. Chargers’ starter Stevie Szucs (3.1 IP, 2ER, 4H, 1BB, 2K) was tagged with the loss. Three other pitchers worked for GHC including Anthony Reneo (1.2 IP, 0ER, 1H), Trace Twardoski (1 IP, 1ER, 1H), and Barker (1 IP, 2ER, 3H, 1K).

Seven different Chargers had one hit each. Brady, Orr, and Malik Spratling doubled. Hunter Moody, Willis Kemp, Skylar McPhee, and Bryson Horne had the other safeties.

Georgia Highlands (8-2) completes the three-game series with Walters State CC Sunday afternoon at LakePoint and will travel to LaGrange College JV Monday for a 5 p.m. doubleheader.