{"id":1461,"date":"2025-04-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2025-04-22T20:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T00:50:18","slug":"pellissippi-panthers-baseball-win-series-against-columbia-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/pellissippi-panthers-baseball-win-series-against-columbia-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Pellissippi Panthers Baseball Win Series Against Columbia State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
By Hayden Ashby, Sports Editor<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
\"Baseball
Pellissippi State’s Evan Cage hits a ball thrown by Columbia State’s Dylan Alonso. | William Dishmon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Easter weekend, the Pellissippi State Panthers baseball team (28-20) triumphed over the Columbia State Chargers (26-23), losing the first game on Friday but defeating the Chargers in both Saturday games, ultimately winning the series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Game 1, the Panthers started out with a strong 5-1 lead by the third inning. However, the Chargers came back and dominated the middle innings, eventually building a commanding 15-5 lead in the top of the ninth inning. In the eleventh hour, Brice Njezic (#14) smashed a home run, signaling to the Chargers that the game wasn\u2019t over yet. The Panthers had a huge push, scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, but it was simply not enough; they lost the game 15-11. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following day was quite a different outcome. Seeking vengeance for Game 1, the Panthers were ready. Caden Channell (#24) hit a big home run in the second inning, setting the tone for the game; with a 2-0 lead, the Panthers were off to a good start, but the Chargers quickly started to come back. A big homer by Carson Hoffmeister (#2) kept the Panthers in the game, and the score was tied 4-4 in the top of the sixth inning. The Panthers, done toying with their opponents, proceeded to score 5 runs in the sixth inning and ended Game 2 with a 9-4 win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping their momentum, the Panthers entered Game 3 with full confidence and came out early with a 4-0 lead in the first inning. The Chargers mustered all of the strength they could and closed the gap to 4-3. The Panthers, sensing the Chargers\u2019 fatigue, drove the final nail into the coffin, with Connor Nelson (#13) and Jacob Dillon (#17) hitting homers in the fourth and sixth innings, respectively, and leading the Panthers to a 9-4 win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Panthers put on quite the show this past weekend, with 5 home runs and great playmaking both offensively and defensively in their final home games. They brought great energy and are optimistic for their next series: April 22 at Chattanooga State Community College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Baseball
Pellissippi State baseball players watch the game from the dugout. | William Dishmon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Man
Pellissippi State’s Zach Wieder connects with the ball. | William Dishmon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Hayden Ashby, Sports Editor On Easter weekend, the Pellissippi State Panthers baseball team (28-20) triumphed over the Columbia State Chargers (26-23), losing the first game on Friday but defeating…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1545,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461\/revisions\/1545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1461"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}