Post 2 falls to Charleston Post 65, 11-4, faces elimination game Saturday against Beckley

Dominion Post

26-07-2025

MORGANTOWN – Morgantown Post 2 managed only four hits and committed three errors on Friday night in an 11-4 loss to Charleston Post 65 on Day Two of the 2025 WV American Legion Baseball State Tournament.
Post 2 outfielder Kane Williams continued his hot streak at the plate with two doubles to lead Morgantown, but Charleston tallied 11 hits to score their 11 runs and advance to the 2-0 game against Wheeling Post 1 on Saturday night.
Morgantown will square off with Beckley Bash Post 32 on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. in an elimination game.
Charleston starting pitcher Trisdon Ciampanella tossed 4.1 innings with only one hit allowed and ten strikeouts on Friday night.
'He (Ciampanella) threw a lot of pitches we weren't ready for,' Post 2 head coach Jacob Goonight said. 'He didn't have his fastball to start the game and was getting us to swing at pitches that were tough to hit. I don't think we honed in on our approach until the fourth inning when he left the game. We didn't change anything or try to adjust enough to win that game.'
Charleston broke the ice in the third inning as Landon Nida singled home a run to give his team a lead it wouldn't surrender.
Five more runs came for Post 65 in the top of the fourth on only three hits. Luke Buckner doubled, scoring two runs before an error allowed two more. Grant Barclay added a final one in the inning with a single.
Post 2 got on the board in the bottom of the fifth as Parker Jeffries scored on a wild pitch. Mason Chaney and Nate Wolfe then each singled home a run to cut the lead in half, 6-3.
But Post 65 scored another run in the top of the sixth and added four more in the seventh to slam the door on the tournament hosts.
'It started from the bats for us, when you aren't hitting well, it feeds into other areas of the game,' Goodnight said. 'It just wasn't a clean game for us. We preach clean, fun baseball, and I don't think we played the opposite of that today.'
BOX SCORE
Charleston (Post 65) 11, Morgantown (Post 2) 4
CHRL 001 501 4 – 11 11 1
MRGN 000 031 0 – 4 4 3
Charleston Post 65 – Blaydes 2320 Nida 4112 Wilson 4100 Ferrell 4022 Barclay 5011 Barnett 4230 Tawney 3100 Buckner 4222 Anderson 2100
2B: Blaydes, Buckner
Morgantown (Post 2) – McCune 3100 Boggs 2200 Williams 4021 Montague 2000 Chaney 4011 Wolfe 2011 Crudup 1000 Grabo 3000 Watson 3000 Jeffries 2100
2B: Williams (2)
(W) Ciampanella 4.1ip 1h 3r 6bb 10k
(L) Campbell 3.1ip 5h 5r 4bb 2k