The Chillicothe Paints (9-6) beat the Champion City Kings (4-10) 8-3 on Friday at VA Memorial Stadium behind Deion Tansel, who collected three hits.
He singled in the first and third innings and tripled in the eighth inning.The Champion City Kings had no answer for John Havird, who kept runners off the basepaths in his appearance. Havird held the Champion City Kings hitless over two innings, allowed no earned runs, walked none and struck out three.
Tom Colletti improved to 1-1 on the year by picking up the win for the Chillicothe Paints. He allowed three runs over five innings. He struck out four, walked two and surrendered five hits.
Eric Ashbrook (0-2) was the game's losing pitcher. He lasted just 4 2/3 innings, walked four, struck out four, and allowed five runs.