With his team having been no-hit through the first six innings of a 7-innings doubleheader opener with the Des Moines Peak Prospects June 30, Chillicothe Mudcat Justin Sanchez follows Jonas Espinal’s leadoff single in the seventh with a run-scoring double down the left field line, ending the shutout, as well. However, it was the only run the Fish would get as they lost, 3-1. A seventh-inning rally in the nightcap did pull out a 4-3 triumph in it, salvaging an important split of the night’s action. (BUTCH SHAFFER/C-T PHOTO)
BY PAUL STURM C-T SPORTS EDITOR PSTURM@CHERRYROAD.COM Supported by solid and – on one occasion – sensational defense that might have changed the trajectory of…