RED OAK 4, JOPLIN 1
CLAREMORE, Okla. — Red Oak (Oklahoma) scored three times in the first inning and went on to beat Joplin 4-1 on the first day of the Tiger/Zebra Classic on Thursday.
The loss drops Joplin to 1-3 on the season. The Eagles continue action in the Tiger/Zebra Classic on Friday with games against a pair of Oklahoma schools—McAlester and Claremore.
Trevor Lyons earned the win after allowing one run on six hits, a walk and six strikeouts. Denver Hamilton earned the save for Red Oak with two strikeouts in one relief inning.
Ethan Guilford took the loss after allowing three runs, two earned, on three hits, two walks and seven strikeouts in five innings. Joe Jasper allowed one run on two hits and a strikeout in one relief inning.
Red Oak took the early advantage after scoring all of its first-inning runs with two outs. Chase Pair highlighted the inning with a two-run single to right field. The third run of the inning came home on a Joplin error.
After four scoreless innings by both teams, Joplin cut the lead to 3-1 in the top of the sixth when Tyler Schumann doubled to right field with one out to score Guilford, who walked to lead off the inning.
Red Oak answered back in the bottom half when Tanner King singled home Cason Hood on a line drive to center with one out to push the lead back to three.
Hood doubled and scored a run to lead Red Oak at the plate. Pair had a hit and team-high two RBI.
Schumann doubled and had an RBI for Joplin. Guilford, who scored a run, Layten Copher, Byler Reither and Brady Mailes all had hits for Joplin.
HOLLISTER 10, CARL JUNCTION 6
HOLLISTER, Mo. — The Carl Junction Bulldogs rallied for four runs late in the game, but it wasn’t enough, as the host Tigers held on for a 10-6 non-conference victory.
Hollister held a comfortable 10-2 advantage after the fifth inning when the Bulldogs plated two runs in both the sixth and seventh innings.
Carl Junction (0-3) received two hits apiece from Jordan Woodruff, Dalton Mills and Drew Massey. Massey and Logan Eck drove in two runs apiece, while Mills scored three runs.
Eck took the loss after allowing six runs, two earned, on six hits and two walks in three innings. Lucas Vanlanduit, Mekhi McGarry, Hunter Cantrell and Kyler Stewart all pitched in relief.
Hollister’s Hunter Jones was the winning pitcher. He went 4 2/3 innings and allowed two runs on five hits while striking out five.
Ethan Wright drove in three runs for the Tigers, who improved to 4-0.
The Bulldogs will play two games at McDonald County on Saturday. The Bulldogs meet the Mustangs at 10 a.m. and then meet Camdenton at 2.
MCDONALD COUNTY 5, CARTHAGE 3
CARTHAGE, Mo. — McDonald County rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh inning to earn a 5-3 win over Carthage on Thursday at Carl Lewton Stadium.
McDonald County improved to 3-1 on the season.
The Mustangs had six hits, one apiece by Cole Martin, Weston Gordon, Levi Helm, Isaac Behm, Cross Dowd and Tucker Walters.
Gordon, Helm, Behm and Destyn Dowd drove in one run apiece for McDonald County.
Helm went three innings on the mound, allowing one run on one hit while striking out three. Cross Dowd, Destyn Dowd and Gordon pitched in relief.
Carthage fell to 0-3.
The Tigers had four hits, one apiece by Caden Kabance, Nate Norbury, Parker Copeland and Clay Kinder.
Kade Arr started for the Tigers and scattered three hits in four innings, striking out four.
Zach Geter and Bradyn Tate pitched in relief. Geter allowed two runs on three hits in two innings. Tate struck out three in a scoreless frame.
Carthage scored a run in the first when Logan Carmickle scored from third on a wild pitch.
The Tigers added two runs in the bottom of the fourth, as Copeland and Kinder both scored on errors.
In the fifth, the Mustangs plated three runs on a walk, a hit and three errors to tie it up.
The score held up until the seventh.
The Mustangs loaded the bases when Helm scored the go-ahead run by charging home from third on a wild pitch. An insurance run scored on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Destyn Dowd.
The hosts went down in order in the bottom of the seventh.
The Tigers will play two games on Saturday at Joe Becker Stadium in Joplin. Carthage meets Marshfield at 10 a.m. and Ava at 3.
The Mustangs will debut their new turf field on Saturday with a game against Carl Junction at 10 a.m.
