CARTHAGE BASEBALL 11, CARL JUNCTION 2
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carthage hung crooked numbers on the scoreboard in the fourth and fifth innings on the way to a Central Ozark Conference win over Carl Junction on Tuesday at Carl Lewton Stadium.
The Tigers (6-6) and Bulldogs (5-8) played just four days prior in the Bill O’Dell Tournament championship game, with Carl Junction walking away with the 7-1 win. Carthage took control of the rematch with six runs crossing home in the third inning before three more Tigers touched the plate in the fourth to build a 9-1 lead en route to the conference win.
Bradyn Tate earned the win after allowing two runs on nine hits, three walks and two strikeouts in six innings. Parker Copeland allowed one hit, walked one and struck out one in an inning of relief.
Shane Diskin took the loss after allowing six runs, five earned, on seven hits, two walks and two strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings. Kyler Perry allowed three unearned runs on two hits, a walk and five strikeouts in 1 2/3 relief innings. Lucas Vanlanduit and Jordan Woodruff each allowed one unearned run on one hit and two strikeouts in one relief inning. Vanlanduit also walked a batter.
Caden Kabance, Logan Carmickle and Kanen Vogt doubled in three of the first four at-bats by the Tigers in the bottom of the fourth inning, with Nate Norbury adding a hit-by-pitch, to give the Tigers a 3-1 advantage. Drew Musche added a bases-clearing one-out double to right field with the bags full later in the inning to push the lead to 6-1. Carthage scored three unearned runs in the fifth aided by three CJ errors in the inning.
Kabance had two hits and scored a run, while Vogt went 2-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored. Musche had a hit and drove in a team-high three runs.
Brentley Rowden led CJ at the plate with three hits and an RBI, while Diskin doubled and scored a run.
Carthage hosts Nixa on Thursday.
Carl Junction hosts Republic on Thursday.
REPUBLIC BASEBALL 4, NEOSHO 3
NEOSHO, Mo. — Republic broke a 3-3 tie with a run in the top of the sixth inning on the way to a win over Neosho on Tuesday at the Neosho Athletic Complex.
The Tigers (7-8) broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the third and one more in the fourth to build a 3-0 advantage. The Wildcats (9-4) tied the game up with a three-run fifth inning before Republic scored the go-ahead run an inning later.
Cole Iles earned the complete-game win for Republic after allowing three runs, one earned, on six hits and four strikeouts in seven innings.
Austin Rodriguez took the loss after allowing four runs, three earned, on five hits, three walks and eight strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. Quenton Hughes didn’t allow a run in 1 2/3 relief innings, surrendering one hit and striking out three.
Trailing 3-0 heading into the fifth, Neosho cut the lead to 3-1 on an RBI single to left from Matthew Velcasco before a run came home to score with two outs on an error by Republic later in the inning. The Wildcats tied the game up on Wyatt Shadwick’s RBI double to left that scored Velasco.
Devon Hughes plated the go-ahead run for the Tigers in the top of the sixth inning with an RBI single through the left side of the infield.
Shadwick had two hits and an RBI, while Carter Fenske added two hits and a run scored.
MCDONALD COUNTY BASEBALL 6, LAMAR 1
ANDERSON, Mo. — The Mustangs plated three runs in both the third and sixth innings.
McDonald County’s Cole Martin went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored, while Levi Helm added two hits.
Helm was the winning pitcher. He allowed one run on two hits and struck out 10 in 4 2/3 innings. Isaac Behm pitched the final 2 2/3 innings, allowing just a walk.
Lamar’s Ryan Davis allowed three earned runs on five hits in five innings. Robert Lawrence gave up two earned runs on two hits in an inning of relief.
The Tigers were limited to two hits, one apiece by Mason Gastel and Stetson Wiss. Chase Querry had the lone RBI.
