CARL JUNCTION 5, NEOSHO 4
CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Carl Junction rallied for two runs with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to earn a 5-4 walk-off win over Neosho on Tuesday in Central Ozark Conference action.
Down a run with one out in the last of the seventh, Dalton Mills singled and Shane Diskin reached on an error.
After Cole Wilson was retired for the second out, Logan Eck smacked a game-ending single into left field, allowing both Mills and Diskin to score.
The Bulldogs trailed 4-0 when they plated three runs in the bottom of the sixth on Diskin’s sac fly, Eck’s RBI double and Arlen Wakefield’s run-scoring single.
The Wildcats scored once in the first on Eli Zar’s RBI single and then added two runs in the third on Carter Fenske’s RBI single and a bases loaded walk.
Neosho went up 4-0 in the fifth after Fenske and Reese Miller singled and Austin Rodriquez reached on an error.
Diskin went three innings on the mound for the Bulldogs, allowing three runs on four hits and four walks while striking out three.
Jordan Woodruff did not allow an earned run in two innings. Kyler Perry pitched the final two innings to earn the win. Perry struck out two and allowed one hit.
Wakefield went 3-for-4 for Carl Junction, while Perry, Mills and Eck had two hits apiece. Eck drove in three runs, while Mills scored twice.
Kael Smith went 5 2/3 innings for Neosho, giving up three runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out four.
Wyatt Shadwick and Quenton Hughes pitched in relief. Neither player allowed an earned run.
Zar and Fenske had two hits apiece for the Wildcats.
Neosho (9-7, 0-4 COC) is at Ozark on Thursday. Carl Junction (6-9, 1-2 COC) is at Willard on Thursday.
WILLARD 8, WEBB CITY 3
WILLARD, Mo. — Webb City suffered an 8-3 setback to the Willard Tigers on Tuesday in a Central Ozark Conference contest at Tom Greenwade Field.
Webb City fell to 9-10 overall and 2-2 in the COC.
Willard, last year’s Class 5 champion, improved to 16-5 and 3-1 in the COC.
The Tigers are currently ranked first in Class 5 by the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association, while Webb City is receiving votes.
The Tigers scored once in the first and twice in the second for a three-run lead.
The Cardinals stranded the bases loaded in the top of the third before the Tigers added five runs in the third inning for an 8-0 lead. Willard took advantage of four walks and an error during the big inning.
Webb City got on the board with three runs in the fourth. Aidan Brock walked before Brantley Carter and William Hayes both singled. With two outs, Eric Fitch and Cy Darnell both drew bases-loaded walks before Kenley Hood recorded a run-scoring infield single, making it 8-3.
In the sixth, the Cardinals stranded the bases loaded for the third time. Webb City left two more on in the seventh.
Overall, Webb City stranded 11 runners on-base.
Hood had two hits for Webb City, while Cy Darnell, Jeremiah Leaming, Carter and Hayes had one hit apiece.
Cooper Crouch, Walker Sweet, Gavin Stowell and Gage Chapman all pitched.
Crouch was charged with the loss after giving up five earned runs on four hits and six walks in 2 1/3 innings. He struck out four.
Willard’s Kade Biellier was the winning pitcher. He went 3 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on four hits and five walks while striking out six.
Webb City is at Class 5 No. 7 Branson on Thursday.
MCDONALD COUNTY 17, EAST NEWTON 4 (5 INNINGS)
GRANBY, Mo. — McDonald County scored five runs in each of the first three innings on the way to a five-inning win over East Newton in Big 8 Conference action on Tuesday.
The Mustangs hung crooked numbers in the first three innings before adding single tallies in the fourth and fifth frames to touch home in every inning.
Weston Gordon earned the win after allowing three runs on four hits, a walk and five strikeouts in three innings. Destyn Dowd allowed a run on two hits and three strikeouts in one relief inning. Isaac Behm walked one in a scoreless relief inning.
Mason Hailey took the loss after allowing nine runs, eight earned, on six hits, four walks and three strikeouts in 1 1/3 innings. Easton Schrader allowed eight runs, four earned, on six hits, four walks and three strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.
Behm had two hits, including a home run, four RBI and four runs scored to lead McDonald County. Dowd had three hits, scored twice and drove in once. Tucker Walters doubled on the way to two hits, three runs scored and two RBI. Jack Parnell also had two hits, including a double, and drove in one.
Hailey doubled and scored a run for East Newton. Will Eichelberger had a hit, drove in one and scored a run. Kolt Walters doubled and drove in two.
