Down but not out of the Ohio Valley Conference race, the Panthers beat the South Point Pointers 8-3 Monday to cling to their title hopes.

Tuesday, May 02, 2000

Down but not out of the Ohio Valley Conference race, the Panthers beat the South Point Pointers 8-3 Monday to cling to their title hopes.

"Mathmatically, we’re not out of it," Panthers coach Joe Waugh said. "We’re just going to take this week one game at a time and see where the cards fall. We need some help, but we have to hold up our end of it."

Chesapeake, 5-10 and 4-5 in the league, hosts Coal Grove Tuesday. South Point dropped to 11-6 and 6-4 in the OVC.

Andy Clark and Mark Adams combined on a three-hitter. Adams worked the final four innings for the win.

Chesapeake jumped in front 4-0 in the first.

Tony Bell singled, stole second, and scored on Clark’s double. Clark moved around to score on a pair of passed balls.

Noah Phillips walked and Josh Waugh crushed a home run to deep center field to cap the uprising.

The lead went to 5-0 in the third when Zeb Best was hit by a pitch, moved to second on a passed ball, stole third, and came home on a sacrifice fly by Todd Oberly.

The Panthers added a run in the fourth.

Adams singled, moved to second on a passed ball, and came around on Joey Macri’s double.

South Point got on the scoreboard in the fifth when Jarred Perdue homered to left.

Both teams scored a pair of runs in the sixth.

In the top of the sixth, Brian Cremeans walked, went to third on a two passed balls, Jared Waggoner walked and went to second on a passed ball, and Josh Morrison lofted a sacrifice fly.

An error on the relay throw allowed the second run to score.

In the Panthers half of the inning, Bell doubled to start the rally and scored on a hit by Macri.

Two passed balls sent Macri to third where he scored on a sacrifice fly by Clark.

Chesapeake had 11 hits with Bell and Macri each going 2-4.

South Point 000 012 0 – 3 3 1

Chesapeake 401 102 x – 8 11 1

Patrick Panell, Hunter (6) and Nick Clay. Andy Clark, Mark Adams (4) and Greg Lambert. W-Adams (2-K, 2-W). (Clark 1-K, 0-W). L-Panell (9-K, 6-W). 2B-SP: Brian Cremeans; Chesy: Tony Bell, Joey Macri, Andy Clark, Todd Oberly. HR-SP: Jared Perdue; Chesy: Josh Waugh. Hitting-SP: Brian Cremeans 1-2, Patrick Panell 1-3, Jared Perdue 1-3; Chesy: Tony Bell 2-4, Joey Macri 2-4, Andy Clark 1-3, Josh Waugh 1-2, Todd Oberly 1-2, Greg Lambert 1-2, Mark Adams 1-2.