Blunt pitches complete-game victory for Comets in 7-4 win over Clinton
Press Staff Report
WATERLOO — Charles City senior Kayden Blunt was 2 for 3 with a double, RBI and a run scored; and also earned the complete-game win on the mound after striking out eight in seven innings during the Comets’ 7-4 win over Clinton during Friday’s baseball invitational at Waterloo Riverfront Stadium.
Eighth-grader catcher Carter Cajthaml was 3 for 4 with 3 runs batted in, and senior Reed Peters had an RBI double for the Comets.
In Charles City’s subsequent 7-5 loss to Ottumwa at Riverfront Stadium, Cajthaml and Jack Hanson each had two hits for the Comets (3-4), who will host Waverly-Shell Rock on Tuesday in an Northeast Iowa Conference doubleheader.
CHARLES CITY 7, CLINTON 4
CLINTON AB R H BI CHARLES CITY AB R H BI
Ian Thomas 3 1 2 0 Carter Cajthaml 4 1 3 3
Isaac Huizenga 2 0 0 0 Lincoln Joslin 3 0 0 0
1 0 1 1 Malachi O’Brien 2 0 0 0
Addison Binnie 3 1 1 0 Kayden Blunt 3 1 2 1
Kinnick Belitz 3 1 1 0 Reed Peters 3 0 1 1
Tavian Bailey 2 1 1 0 Jack Hanson 3 0 0 0
Hunter Lawerence 1 0 0 2 Brennan Schmidt 2 1 1 0
Ethan Bently 3 0 1 1 Zach Chambers 2 2 1 0
Damien Clark 2 0 0 0 Kaden Buseman 3 2 0 0
Cohen Thorpe 1 0 0 0
Evan Zmuda 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 24 4 7 4 TOTALS 25 7 8 5
CLINTON 020 110 0 — 4
CHARLES CITY 003 301 x — 7
LOB–CLINTON 2, CHARLES CITY 4. ERR–Kinnick Belitz, Addison Binnie, Kayden Blunt (2). 2B–Tavian Bailey, Kayden Blunt, Reed Peters. SACF–Hunter Lawerence (2). SACB–Lincoln Joslin. SB–Tavian Bailey, Addison Binnie, Kaden Buseman, Zach Chambers.
CLINTON IP H R ER BB SO HR
Isaac Huizenga (L) 3.00 6 6 3 2 4 0
3.00 2 1 1 1 2 0
CHARLES CITY
Kayden Blunt (W) 7.00 7 4 4 1 8 0
WP–Isaac Huizenga. SO–Ian Thomas, Kinnick Belitz, Ethan Bently, Damien Clark (2), Evan Zmuda, Isaac Huizenga (2), Kaden Buseman (2), Malachi O’Brien, Kayden Blunt, Jack Hanson (2). BB–Tavian Bailey, Malachi O’Brien, Zach Chambers, Brennan Schmidt.
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