CARTHAGE 7, MOUNT VERNON 5
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carthage rallied with three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Mount Vernon on the third day of the Bill O’Dell Tournament at Carl Lewton Stadium.
The Tigers (5-4) held a 4-3 lead before the Mountaineers (4-5) took the lead with two runs touching home in the fifth inning. Carthage responded with three runs in the sixth to move in front for good.
The Tigers take on Carl Junction in the championship round in a rematch of last season. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday.
Parker Copeland earned the win after allowing five runs on six hits, five walks and six strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings for Carthage. Zach Geter earned the final out in relief.
Payton Jones took the loss after surrendering seven runs, two earned, on five hits, three walks and six strikeouts in five innings of work.
Copeland walked and Clay Kinder singled to lead off the sixth inning for the Tigers, who scored in the next at-bat when Drew Musche reached on a throwing error after dropping down a bunt to tie the game at 5-5. Braxdon Tate reached on a sac bunt in the next at-bat, giving Carthage a 6-5 lead in the process as Kinder scored on the play. Carthage pushed the lead to 7-5 three batters later when Logan Carmickle plated Musche with a sac fly to center field.
Caden Kabance had two hits and scored two runs for Carthage. Kanen Vogt, Kinder and Musche all had hits, with Kinder and Musche scoring a run. Copeland walked once and scored twice.
CARL JUNCTION 6, SENECA 4
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carl Junction rallied with four runs in the sixth inning to fuel a win over Seneca on the fourth day of the Bill O’Dell Tournament.
Seneca scored single tallies in the first two innings before Carl Junction trimmed the lead in half with a run scoring in the third frame. The Bulldogs rallied back and took the lead with a four-run sixth. The Indians plated two runs in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 6-4, but CJ added a run in the seventh for insurance.
The win sends Carl Junction to the championship round with a matchup against the host Carthage Tigers at 7 p.m. on Friday.
Hunter Cantrell started and took a no-decision for Carl Junction after allowing two runs on three hits, four walks and four strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. Jacob Ford earned the win in relief after allowing two runs on two hits, two walks and three strikeouts in 1 1/3 relief innings. Jordan Woodruff earned the save with one strikeout in a scoreless seventh inning.
Grant Houchin took the loss after allowing five runs on seven hits, four walks and four strikeouts in six innings of work. Colton Curtis allowed one run on one hit, a walk and a strikeout in one relief inning for the Indians.
Carl Junction’s rally in the sixth started with the first three hitters reaching base via a single and two hit-by-pitches to load the bases. Dalton Mills followed with a walk to force in a run. Cole Wilson was hit by a pitch later in the inning with the bags full to force in a run and give the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead. Arlen Wakefield added a two-run single through the left side to cap the inning.
Kaden Clouse singled home a run for Seneca to trim the lead to 5-3, with Kade Johnson adding an RBI on a hit-by-pitch later in the frame to cut the lead to one.
Drew Massey singled home a run in the top of the seventh to give the Bulldogs insurance.
Kyler Perry had two hits, an RBI and scored a run to lead CJ at the plate. Wakefield had a hit and two RBI. Mills had a hit, drove in one and scored once.
MCDONALD COUNTY 10, JAY (OKLA.) 0
ANDERSON, Mo. — A six-run fifth inning put the finishing touches on a run-rule victory for the McDonald County Mustangs on Thursday.
The Mustangs pushed across a single tally in the first on Isaac Behm’s sac fly.
Mac County added two runs in the second, with one run scoring on Colton Ruddick’s bunt and the second coming home on Jack Parnell’s groundout.
The hosts went up 4-0 in the third on Tucker Walters’ RBI single.
McDonald County blew the game open with six runs in the fifth.
During the big inning, Cross Dowd delivered a two-run single, two more runs scored on an error, Ruddick drove in a run with a grounder and Cole Martin’s RBI single made it 10-0.
With that, the game ended early due to the run-rule.
Levi Helm, Martin and Walters had two hits apiece for McDonald County, while Ruddick and Cross Dowd drove in two runs apiece.
Behm earned the shutout victory. He went all five innings, struck out nine, walked three and scattered three hits.
Jaiden Ricky had two of Jay’s three hits.
Sully Lane took the loss after allowing nine earned runs on eight hits and seven walks. He struck out three.
McDonald County, now 8-3, hosts Providence Academy on Friday.
WHEATON 10, MCAULEY 9
Wheaton trailed 9-4 heading into the bottom of the seventh and scored six runs in the final frame to earn the walk-off win over McAuley on Thursday in Ozark 7 action.
The Warriors (2-2) built a 5-0 lead by the end of the second inning before adding single tallies in the fourth and sixth innings to take a five-run lead into the last of the seventh.
The first six batters reached to start the last of the seventh for Wheaton (1-6) to fuel the rally. The Bulldogs had four hits in the inning, including a walk-off single from Grant Bradford.
Kelton Park started and took a no-decision after allowing seven runs, three earned, on nine hits, two walks and five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Fernando Gonzalez earned the win after allowing two runs on three hits, a walk and two strikeouts in 1 1/3 innings.
Rocco Bazzano-Joseph started and took the no-decision after allowing four runs on eight hits, a walk and 11 strikeouts in six innings. Tripp Miller took the loss after allowing six runs, one earned, on three hits, two walks and a strikeout in 2/3 of an inning.
Bradford had three hits, three RBI and a run scored to lead Wheaton. Kollin Garner finished with three hits and drove in a game-high four runs while scoring once. Devin Bateman had three hits and scored once.
Bazzano-Joseph had four hits, including a double, two RBI and three runs scored. Jack Jones had three hits, two of them doubles, and three RBI, while Kable Reichardt had three hits, including a double, to go along with two runs scored.
NEOSHO WINS TWO IN MICKEY MANTLE CLASSIC
COMMERCE, Okla. — Neosho hit the road for the Mickey Mantle Classic baseball tournament and earned a 2-1 win over Grove, Oklahoma, before wrapping the day with a 5-4 win over Wichita, Kansas.
With the wins, the Wildcats improve to 8-3 on the season.
Carter Fenske earned the win on the mound for Neosho against Grove after allowing one run in five innings of work.
Austin Rodriguez earned the win on the bump against Wichita in six innings of work. Eli Zar had two hits.
