Chattanooga Christian got outhit in both of its high school baseball games Friday but didn't get outscored in either.
The Chargers won their best-of-three series in the Division II-A East Region tournament by defeating King's Academy 11-5 and 6-3 at Chattanooga Christian.
CCS (21-10) is scheduled to play Monday at 7 p.m. at Christian Academy of Knoxville, which advanced past Boyd-Buchanan. The Chargers have qualified for the state tournament, so next they'll be playing for seeding purposes.
"I don't think we played our best today in either game," CCS coach Ben Wharton said. "But we won and advanced. We're going to have to play better moving forward."
King's Academy had 10 hits to CCS's six in the opening game. But three batters into the Chargers' lineup in the bottom of the first inning the score was 3-0.
Amos Davenport reached on one of three Lions errors in the inning before Chase McBryar was hit by a pitch. John Rhodes then turned on the first pitch he saw and drilled it over the left-field fence.
"I got my pitch and just swung," Rhodes said. "I was looking first-pitch fastball and jumped on it."
The Chargers added another run in the inning and three the next inning. Rhodes ended up 3-for-3 with a walk in the first game, contributing a solo homer in the sixth, and he scored four runs.
Colt Sinor had the only hits for CCS in the second game. They were a run-scoring single in a four-run first inning and another RBI hit in the third, and he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth.
"We took advantage of some of their mistakes," Wharton said. "They made a few errors, they walked a few, and we ran the bases pretty well. We made some things happen."
Owen Cook was the winning pitcher in the first game. Cole Headrick got the pitching win in the second game, allowing three hits in four innings. Rhodes, who walked in all four plate appearances in the nightcap, one being intentional, threw the last two innings and got the save. He walked one and struck out the rest.
"We looked like we were trying to limp to the finish a little bit," said Wharton, whose team had played five games in four days and was playing its third doubleheader in six days. "It's a nice feeling as a coach to have someone like John who can come in and throw strikes and really close the door."
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