By Jim Walker

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

CHESAPEAKE — The Ironton Fighting Tigers decided to do a little extra.

Extra base hits, that is.

Ironton belted 6 extra base hits as they remained unbeaten in the Ohio Valley Conference race with an 11-0 shut out of the Chesapeake Panthers on Monday.

Ian Ginger led the extra work as he slugged a pair of triples as he went 3-3 with a pair of runs batted in.

Braydon Baker was 2-4 with a double and RBI, Jacob Hughes 1-3 with a double and RBI, Tanner Kleinman 1-2 with a double and Dawson Philyaw 1-3 with a double and RBI. Bryson Kerns was 1-2 with 2 RBI.

Carson Freeman — who drove in 2 runs — got the victory as he hurled a 2-hitter. Freeman struck out 6 and walked one over 5 innings.

Ironton (10-1, 8-0) took a quick 3-0 first inning lead.

Kerns walked, Baker singled and Ginger belted a triple to drive in both runners and then he scored on a wild pitch.

The lead went to 7-0 in the third inning.

With one out, Ginger slugged his second triple and scored on a wild pitch. Jacob Hughes was safe on an error, went to third on a double by Kleinman and scored when Freeman reached on an error. Philyaw capped the rally with an RBI double.

The Fighting Tigers scored 3 more runs in the fourth inning to lead 10-0.

Ginger walked and Hughes doubled him home. Kleinman was hit by a pitch and Kerns got an RBI single.

The final run for Ironton scored in the fifth as Baker doubled and Ginger had an RBI single.

Peyton Muncy and Dylan White each went 1-2 for Chesapeake (3-13, 0-9).

Ironton  304 31 = 11 9 2

Chesapeake 000 00 = 0 2 2

Carson Freeman and Jacob Hughes. Mason Budd, Dylan White (3), Kaden Perkins (4) and Joe Cremeans. W-Freeman (IP-5.0, H-2, R-0, K-6, BB-1). L-Budd (IP-2.1, H-5, R-7, ER-4, K-2, BB-1). White (IP-1.1, H-1, R-3, ER-3, K-1, BB-2). Perkins (IP-1.1, H-3, R-1, ER-1, K-2, BB-1). Hitting-Ironton: Bryson Kerns 1-2 2-RBI, Braydon Baker 2-4 RBI 2B, Ian Ginger 3-3 2-RBI 2-3B, Jacob Hughes 1-3 RBI 2B, Tanner Kleinman 1-2 2B, Carson Freeman 2-RBI, Dawson Philyaw 1-3 RBI 2B; Chesapeake: Peyton Muncy 1-2, Dylan White 1-2.