Batters up June 3; 2022 Railroaders roll in to ‘The Yard’

The Fulton Railroaders, a member of the Ohio Valley Summer Collegiate Baseball League, who call Fulton’s Lohaus Field, “The Yard”, home, arrived in town on May 30, and were greeted by the Railroaders’ owners as well as returning Head Coach Scott Guymon.

Guymon begins his fourth season, third as Head Coach, with the team and will be assisted this year by Pitching Coach Brad Weber and Assistant Coach Pedro Carranza.

Guymon brings 23 years of coaching experience to the Railroaders program, nine of those year in the college ranks. He was pitching coach at Jackson’s Union University, Lambuth University in Jackson and Jackson State Community College. He is currently the Head Coach at West Carroll High School in Atwood, Tenn.

Weber is a former Railroader, part of the 2019 roster, having played at Frostburg State University, Chesapeake College, Union University and Oakland City University.

Carranza has coached baseball for almost 25 years, one year in college and 23 years at the high school level. As a player, he competed at Azusa Pacific University, was an All American in 1993 and played five years of professional baseball in the Rockies minor league system and the Mexican League. He resides in southern California.

On June 1, at 6 p.m. the Railroaders coaches, team members and owners invite the public to an inter-squad scrimmage, at The Yard. During that time, four innings will be played, then team members will take time to meet and great spectators, followed by four more innings of play. There is no admission charge to attend and concessions will be available for purchase.

On June 2, the Railroaders take a road trip to Paducah, but then return to Fulton on June 3 for their first home game of the 2022 season, against Hopkinsville, at 7:05 p.m. General admission tickets are $5 per person.

This year’s roster includes Garner Anderson, from University of Tennessee, Martin, Catcher, infield and outfield; Braxton Baird, a Short Stop, second and third baseman rom Carson Newman; Will Buck, RHP, from Northwood University; Ryan Callahan, Outfielder, from Wright University; Tennessee Carranza University of Montevallo, outfield and first base; Jacob Cekander, OF/LHp, University of Dubuque; Aiden Cloud, INF, University of Motevallo; Brooks Cooner, LHP/OF, University of Montevallo; Sam Cooper, LHP, Volunteer State CC; Drew Davis, FHP, Southern Illinois CC; Grant Davis, first base, Dyersburg State Community College; Parker Estes, first and third base, Murray State University; Ryan Evans, RHP, Union University; Brady Holloway, first base, Southwest Tennessee Community College; Barndon Jernigan, first, third, RHP, Jackson State Community College; Tommy Johnson, RHP/Utility, San Diego Mesa; Ryan Lee, Catcher, Northwest MS Community College; CJ Lofton, RHP, Northwest MS Community College; Blake Loper, Utility, Northwest MS Community College; Wesley Mann, C/1B/3B/OF, Dyersburg State Community College; Matthew Meyer, C, Northwood University; Sam Poindexter, LHP, Union University; Landon Rogers, OF, Northwest MS Community College; Jackson Shoulders, 1B/RHP, Kentucky Wesleyan; Ben Smith, Catcher, Union University; Kire Tribble, OF, Berea College; Nicholas Vaccaro, RHP/IF/OF/Utility, Southwest Tennessee Community College; and Jorge Valette, MIF, University of the Cumberland.