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Blunt pitches complete-game victory for Comets in 7-4 win over Clinton

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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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