Chillicothe Sweeps Washington

A grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning by Chillicothe's Montana Dye powered the Paints to a 6-4 win and a season opening sweep of Washington, the defending East Division Champion. JT Thomas, a former Beach Bum, contributed three hits for Chillicothe in the Monday morning matinee...Chillicothe's Ryan Flanigan earned his first save of the season...Flanigan will serve as the closer and won yesterday's game...JJ Hollenbeck started for Washington and allowed just one run in five innings...Washington's closer Kyle Dempsey allowed the grand slam but Alan Stidfole, who stifled the Beach Bums in his debut last season and will throw against Traverse City one week from tonight, took the loss after walking the only batter he faced...