Indians In Second Place in Panhandle Conference

By Clint Cox

The Chipola Indians baseball squad found themselves in sole possession of second place in the Panhandle Conference 12 games into the conference schedule. The Indians have gone 2-1 in the past three games and were 7-5 in conference play after Tuesday night’s 8-3 win over Gulf Coast at home. Jason Townsend was the winning pitcher for Chipola as he improved to 5-2 on the season.
This past Sunday the Indians traveled to Pensacola to make up a game that had been rained out the previous Tuesday. The Indians fell to the Pirates 9-7 in a contest in which Head Coach Jeff Johnson commented that his squad did not play well in any aspect of the game. That was certainly disappointing considering the Indians had thumped the Raiders of Northwest Florida State College the day before by a score of 14-4. The game, played in Niceville, saw the Indians pound out 15 hits and get home runs from Marc Bourgeois, Andy Fermin and Dustin Spruill. Patrick Corbin was the winning pitcher as he went 6 innings, giving up 4 runs on 9 hits and striking out 3 Raiders. Bourgeois was 3-3 on the day with 3 RBI, Fermin was 2-4 with 4 RBI and Daniel Renfroe was 3-4 with 1 RBI.
Chipola, with an overall record of 23-14, was slated to host Pensacola on Wednesday, however, results of that matchup were not available at press time. They will be back in action this Friday as they travel to Tallahassee for a contest with the first place Eagles and then will host Northwest Florida at 5 pm on Tuesday.