7/21/2025
By George Lucas
The Johnstown Mill Rats’ losing streak reached three games following a 12-6 loss to the Chillicothe Paints Monday at VA Memorial Stadium.
The Mill Rats took an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first and led 4-3 after four. But Chillicothe proceeded to outscore Johnstown 9-2 the rest of the way for the win.
Gustavo Gonzalez and Brady Gavula each had two hits and each drove in a run for Johnstown. Zach McEllroy was 3-for-5 at the plate and drove in a pair of runs.
Carter Hire and Jeremy Delamota each had 3 hits for the Paints.
Fabian Morales fell to 2-2 with the loss allowing 6 runs on 5 hits over 4.1 innings.
The Paints’ Zane Vitense earned the win to improve to 2-1.
Johnstown next travels to Champion City for a double-header against the Kings Tuesday beginning at 5:35pm.