Paints Batter Kings 16-6 in Seven Innings in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Chillicothe Paints, presented by CohenOrthopedic, used two big innings to beat the Champion City Kings 16-6 in seven innings Saturday night at Carleton Davidson Stadium.

Cayden Robinson (1-0) made his first start for the Paints (15-6), sitting down the first ten batters of the game in order. Meanwhile Chillicothe's offense began building a lead.

Samuel Fabian knocked home the game's first run, doubling down the left field line in the top of the first and scoring Alex Bemis.

Bemis homered to lead off the third, making it 2-0.

Clay Burdette hit a solo home run in the top of the fourth, making it 3-0. Later in the inning, Trevor Coltenback doubled to left, scoring Scholvin and extending the lead to 4-0.Bemis then singled up the middle, scoring Coltenback and Jhors Gomez singled home Ben Schechterman and Fabian made it a five-run inning, scoring Bemis on a fielder's choice and giving the Paints a 7-0 lead.

Champion City would score the next five runs of the ballgame.

Braylon Blomquist homered in the bottom of the fourth. Johnny Costella walked to lead off the bottom of the sixth, advancing to second on a flyout by Blomquist. Alex Jones was hit by a pitch, putting runners at first and second. Lucas Day drove home a run on a groundout to second base, cutting the Paints' lead to 7-2. Joe Ricchio drove home another on a sacrifice fly, making it 7-3. Nick Weyrich and Kolten Poorman walked, loading the bases and prompting a Chillicothe pitching change. Braden Shepherd came on, walking two batters, forcing home two more runs and making it a 7-5 game. Mikey Olivieri entered, getting Costella to ground out to third base, to end the game, prompting the Kings' third base coach to be ejected for arguing the out call at first.

With a new Kings pitcher on the mound to start the seventh, Chillicothe answered. With one out, Coltenback and Alex Monile both singled. After a flyout for out number two, Evan Ables walked five consectuive hitters, forcing in four runs. Andrew DeWitt came in, giving up an RBI single to Charlie Scholvin and then walking Coltenback to bring in another run. Monile doubled down the left field line, scoring two more. Ben Schechterman singled home the ninth run of the inning for the Paints, making it a 16-5 advantage.

Day homered for Champion City in the bottom of the seventh, tallying the final run of the game with the score 16-6. Landen Vance recorded the final out, getting Poorman to fly out to left. With the Paints up by 10 after seven innings, the game ended due to the Prospect League mercy rule. 

The Paints are home Sunday at 6:05 p.m., hosting Champion City at VA Memorial Stadium on Subway Kids Day. All kids 12 and under receive free admission and can run the bases and meet the players on the field after the game.