PITTSBURG 2, JOPLIN 2 (9 INNINGS)
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Joplin and Pittsburg, Kansas, took a 1-1 tie into the ninth inning when Ethan Rhodes tripled to center field with one out to score the runner from first to propel the Dragons to a 2-1 win on Saturday.
Blaine Dunstan started for Pittsburg and took a no-decision after allowing one unearned run on six hits, a walk and four strikeouts in five innings. Webb Fern pitched four scoreless relief innings to earn the win. He allowed two hits and a walk and struck out one.
Byler Reither started and took a no-decision for Joplin (8-8) after allowing one run on three hits, three walks and five strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. Justin McReynolds took the loss after allowing one run on three hits and a hit-by-pitch in two relief innings.
McReynolds had three hits, including a double, to lead Joplin at the plate. Reither had two hits, while Kyler Stokes doubled and walked.
Pittsburg’s Jackson Turnbull had two hits, while Tyler Sutton doubled. Rhodes tripled and had the lone RBI.
GLENDALE 2, WEBB CITY 1 (8 INNINGS)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Cam Stratton hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Falcons to a 2-1 non-conference victory over the Cardinals on Saturday.
Runs were at a premium in the rematch of last year’s district championship game.
The Falcons (12-4) struck first, scoring once in the bottom of the fifth when Brooks Kettering reached on an error and later scored from third on a passed ball.
The Cardinals tied it up in the top of the seventh. Cade Wilson and Kolton Eilenstein both singled, putting runners on the corners. Pinch runner Gavin Stowell charged home when William Hayes lifted a sacrifice fly to right.
The Falcons ended the game in the bottom half of the eighth. With one out, Kaleb Julian reached on an error before Stratton’s game-winning single.
Julian was the winning pitcher. He allowed one run on eight hits, striking out two.
Glendale’s Carter Lewis and Mark Ross had two hits apiece.
Eric Fitch went 5 1/3 innings on the mound for the Cardinals, allowing one unearned run on three hits and two walks while striking out five.
Cooper Crouch and Gage Chapman also pitched for the Cardinals. Crouch recorded two outs, striking out two. Chapman took the loss after allowing a run on two hits.
Wilson had three hits, including a double, to lead Webb City, while Cy Darnell had two hits.
Webb City (9-9) is at Willard (13-5) on Tuesday.
MCDONALD COUNTY 12, NEOSHO 2 (5 INNINGS)
ANDERSON, Mo. — McDonald County rode an eight-run second inning to a five-inning district win over Neosho on Saturday.
The Mustangs (13-4) led 1-0 heading into the second inning when they erupted for eight runs on six hits. McDonald County added a run in a third inning and two more runs in the fifth inning en route to the win.
Levi Helm led the Mustangs at the plate with a pair of long balls in a three-hit day, launching a two-run home run in the second inning before adding a two-run home run in the fifth inning. He finished with four RBI. Cross Dowd had two hits and an RBI.
Wyatt Shadwick hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning to lead Neosho at the plate.
Helm also earned the win on the mound after allowing two runs, one earned, on one hit, a walk and nine strikeouts in five innings.
Carter Fenske took the loss after allowing seven runs, six earned, on seven hits and a strikeout in 1 1/3 innings.
CARTHAGE SUFFERS LOSSES AT RIVER CITY FESTIVAL
The Carthage Tigers dropped three games this weekend at the River City Festival in Lawrence, Kansas.
On Saturday, Southern Boone defeated Carthage 10-0. On Friday, Olathe Northwest defeated Carthage 11-4 and Lawrence beat the Tigers 8-1.
In Saturday’s loss, the Tigers managed three hits, two by Logan Carmickle and one by Sylas Browning.
Kaden Arr went four innings on the mound, allowing seven runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out two. Zach Geter allowed three runs on four hits in relief.
Southern Boone’s Brady Smith earned the win after scattering three hits and striking out four.
The Eagles rode a seven-run fourth inning to victory.
In Friday’s loss to Lawrence, Browning drove in the lone run. Nate Norbury, Parker Copeland, Clay Kinder, Drew Musche, Braxdon Tate and Browning had one hit apiece.
Atlas Horine took the loss after giving up three earned runs on four hits in 3 1/3 innings. Ty Perry allowed two earned runs in relief.
The Tigers managed just three hits in the loss to Olathe Northwest, one apiece by Caden Kabance, Copeland and Tate. Musche drove in two runs, while Tate had one RBI.
Carthage used four pitchers in the game, with Kanen Vogt taking the loss after surrendering 10 runs, four earned, on five hits in four innings. He struck out four and walked four.
Horine, Tate and Arr threw in relief.
Carthage hosts Joplin at 4:30 on Tuesday in a Central Ozark Conference contest at Carl Lewton Stadium.
