SCOTLAND — How’s this for a line score?
Carlisle                    0 – 4 – 1
Chambersburg      5 – 0 – 0

That’s what it looks like when you manufacture a 5-0 victory, yet produce zero hits.

Any way you look at it, Chambersburg will take that 5-0 win over the Thundering Herd in a non-league baseball game at Greene Township Park on Friday afternoon.

Cole Yeager

“The crazy part is, this is the second time we’ve done that,” Trojan coach Scot Folmar said. “We had no hits and beat Spring Grove 1-0 back in my second year.”

It’s not a recommended of winning a baseball game, but Chambersburg (2-0) will take it.

First of all, the Trojan pitchers — Cole Yeager (4 innings, 1 hit, 3 walks, 8 strikeouts) and Kamden Mongan (3 innings, 3 hits, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts) were very good. The Herd had only two runners reach third base.

“Cole was lights out on the mound,” Folmar said. “He had a really quick third inning, which enabled him to go back out on the mound for the fourth. And Kamden threw strikes and we played good defense behind him.”

Carlisle (1-1) starter Lucas Smith survived a walk in the first inning and two more in the second, but fell apart in the third. Smith walked six batters, had an errant throw to first base on a pickoff attempt and tossed two wild pitches. Reliever Bryce Hockley issued two more bases-loaded walks before getting the final out.

When all the wildness ended, the Trojans had scored 5 runs, and Herd pitchers had thrown 39 balls (8 walks) and 19 strikes.

The first run scored on a passed ball, and Logan Draper, Brady Deneen, Aaron Vasquez and Chase Stenger each walked with the bases loaded for an RBI.

Folmar said, “Their pitcher lost his command and couldn’t get it back.”

Playing with the lead, Chambersburg’s pitchers were able to concentrate on avoiding walks.

“There is such a big difference when you get that kind of lead,” Folmar said. “You can throw strikes and let them put the ball in play. And our defense was pretty good again (no errors).”

The closest Chambersburg came to a hit was the final batter of the five-run third. Jake Folmar belted a shot to right-center, but Herd rightfielder Caden Roper made a good catch to mercifully end the inning.

Coach Folmar said, “This a case of anyway you can get a win, you’ll take it. If you pitch well and play good defense, you should always have a chance. We need to feed off this, because we start the Commonwealth schedule against Cumberland Valley on Monday.”

NOTES: Carlisle issued a total of 13 walks … Chambersburg also struck out 9 times … The Herd posted 4 hits … Yeager threw 50 pitches in the first two innings, but needed only 17 over the next two innings, and 14 were strikes.