Friday baseball: Cass and Cartersville collect wins

February 17, 2024

The Cass and Cartersville baseball teams both collected non-region wins on Friday.

CARTERSVILLE 6, WOODSTOCK 2

Another strong pitching performance by the Class 5A 2nd-ranked Canes’ staff and some timely hitting lifted Cartersville to a 6-2 win Friday at the Class 6A 6th-ranked Woodstock Wolverines.

Sawyer Wilson (3 IP, 1R, 0ER, 2H, 1BB, 3K) was credited with the Cartersville pitching win. Nicholas Hruby (2 IP, 1ER, 1H, 3K), Dawson Bishop (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 2K), and Andrew Purdy (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 2K) also pitched in the victory.

Luke Miller had three hits including a triple and one RBI to pace the Canes’ offense. Aidan Larkin followed with two hits and one RBI. Landon Cole (double, two RBIs), Purdy (RBI), Cole Crawford (double), and Tristan McKibben (double) added one hit each.

Cartersville (2-0) hosts Forsyth Central on Monday at 1 p.m. and plays at Alexander on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

CASS 14, PAULDING COUNTY 5

Cass baseball bounced back from Thursday’s loss by scoring early and often in a 14-5 home win over Paulding County.

The win completed a home-and-home sweep of the Patriots in the first week of the regular season.

The Colonels scored in each of the first four innings to build a 12-5 lead then added two more runs in the sixth to complete the victory.

All five of the Patriots’ runs crossed in the top of the second when Paulding briefly grabbed a 5-4 lead.

Cayden Roberts (4 IP, 5ER, 7H, 1BB, 4K) earned the pitching win. Justin Peace (3 IP, 0R, 2H, 2BB, 5K) worked the final three frames.

Nic Wright (three RBIs), Chase Tatum (double, two RBIs), and Caleb Freeman (RBI) had two hits each to pace the Cass offense. Jesiel Moctezuma (RBI), Roberts (two RBIs), Landon Lamb (RBI), and Connor Jenkins added one hit each. Eli Powell drove in one run.

Paulding County falls to 0-2 to start its season.

Cass (2-1) plays at Norcross on Monday.