McMinn Central ventured south of Athens, Tenn., for the first time this baseball season, and the Chargers didn’t exactly care for what they found.
The District 5-AA champions left Baylor on Tuesday evening the victims of a five-inning loss, a shutout and a no-hitter.
“I don’t know how far back you’d have to look, but I know we haven’t been no-hit in my eight years at Central,” Chargers coach Travis Hart said following his team’s 10-0 loss.
The Red Raiders used three pitchers, all fine-tuning for possible relief appearances in a weekend series at Battle Ground Academy, for the no-hitter. Sophomore Buddy Lindsey, junior Connor Pesnell and freshman Tanner Hulse combined to shut down the Chargers, who entered the game with several batters sporting .400 averages.
Lindsey and Pesnell went two innings each and Hulse pitched one to polish off the team’s senior day triumph.