CPHS Baseball: Keaton Campbell hits grand slam in final pre-season game

The Charles Page High School varsity baseball team went 4-4 in preseason scrimmages and is set to start the regular season with a district home game against Edmond Memorial Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. at the Sandite Sports Complex.

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The Sandites won 6-2 against Bartlesville behind a solid hitting performance that included six doubles and a home run from Ethan Sartin. Brycen Peterman and Keaton Campell both hit two doubles apiece and Kiefer Massey and Ty Pennington also had one each. 

Campbell was a perfect three-for-three at the plate with one RBI. Pennington led the team in runs with two, and Sartin led the team in RBI with two. The team was .360 batting and .720 slugging. 

Brock Swanson got the start and the win on the mound with three hits, one run, one walk, and four strikeouts in five innings. Massey tossed two innings in relief and threw one hit, one run, three walks, and two strikeouts. 

They struggled early on in a 10-3 loss to Bixby and didn’t get on the board till the sixth inning. Sebastian Cassidy got the start and the loss on the mound with seven hits, four runs, three walks, and seven strikeouts in three innings. Jasper Adams gave up eleven hits, six runs, one walk, and three strikeouts in two innings. Pennington tossed one perfect inning with no hits or walks. 

The Sandites were .207 at the plate with six hits. Bixby took a 10-0 lead before Jacob Shields scored on a dropped third strike in the sixth. Peterman scored on an error and Shields brought in Jaxon Skaggs on a sacrifice in the seventh. 

Last Monday they fell 6-3 to Bishop Kelley after giving up a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth. Massey scored the first run of the game on a dropped third strike in the second, but Kelley scored in the third and the fourth to take the lead.

Massey batted in Pennington in the sixth to tie it up, then Kaden Young stole home. The Comets’ bats came alive in the bottom of the inning with two RBI doubles, and a trio of Sandite errors allowed the comeback.

Carson Seabolt got the loss, giving up three hits and four runs with three strikeouts in two innings. Skaggs tossed seven hits, two runs, four strikeouts, and three walks in four innings.

The Sandites cleaned up the errors the next day against Jenks, but gave up 8 hits in an 11-3 loss. Watie, Young, Peterman, and Hayden Blair combined for 10 walks and three strikeouts on the mound. Campbell and Pennington hit doubles, and Campbell’s brought in Pennington and Cody Pulscher. Pennington scored the first run of the game on a steal of home.

The Sandites got back in the win column Thursday with an 8-2 win over Glenpool that saw both teams commit three errors. Blair, Taegan Cook, and Carter Williams all hit doubles, and Peterman had a triple.

Swanson got the win on the mound with four hits, two runs, three strikeouts, and three walks in four innings. Cassidy tossed three strikeouts with no hits or walks in two innings, and Adams tossed one strikeout with no hits or walks in one inning.

The pre-season ended on a high-note with a 13-8 win over Jay, including a fourth inning grand slam from Campbell. Campbell was walked twice and scored on all three plate appearances, leading the team in runs and RBI.

Massey got the start and the win on the mound with one hit, three runs, five strikeouts, and four walks in three innings. Adams struck out the side in the fourth, Watie tossed one strikeout and three walks in the fifth, Pennington threw one hit, one strikeout, and two walks in the sixth, and Blair had three hits, five runs, one strikeout, and two walks in the seventh.