MCAULEY CATHOLIC 5, VERONA 4
McAuley Catholic broke a 3-all tie with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and held off Verona to earn a win on Monday.
With two outs and the bases loaded, Bradley Wagner singled to shortstop to score a pair of runs, giving McAuley (2-2) a 5-3 advantage.
Verona added a run in the fifth but would get no closer before the final out was made.
Rocco Bazzano-Joseph earned the win on the mound for McAuley after allowing four runs, three earned, on seven hits, a walk and 12 strikeouts in a complete-game effort of seven innings.
Westin Shrum took the loss after allowing five runs, one earned, on seven hits, three walks and six strikeouts in six innings.
Noah Black had a double and a triple, while scoring twice and driving in a run. Wagner finished with a game-high four RBI. Michael Parrigon scored twice, while Bazzano-Joseph and Joe Staton each had hits.
McAuley is Diamond on Friday.
CLEVER 3, COLLEGE HEIGHTS 2
CLEVER, Mo. — Clever took an early lead and held College Heights down for the remainder of the contest in a win over the Cougars on Monday.
College Heights (1-1) took the initial lead with a run scoring on an RBI groundout by Smoke Ezell in the top of the second before Clever (5-0) took control with a two-spot scoring in the bottom half of the inning. Clever added to the lead with a run in the top of the third inning.
The Cougars struck again in the fourth with a run scoring when Austin Miller singled to center to plate Caleb Evans but that would be the last runner to touch the plate in the CHC loss.
Lane Mendenhall earned the win in relief after allowing one run on one hit, a walk and three strikeouts in two innings.
Ezell took the loss after allowing three runs, one earned, on seven hits and five strikeouts in six innings.
Miller had three hits and an RBI for CHC, while Kelton Welch had a hit in the loss.
College Heights hosts Exeter on Tuesday.
SHILOH CHRISTIAN 3, MCDONALD COUNTY 2
ANDERSON, Mo. — McDonald County had the tying run at third base in the bottom of the seventh, but the visiting Saints from Arkansas recorded the final out to secure the win.
McDonald County fell to 4-4 on the season.
The Mustangs scored a run in the first inning after singles from Cross Dowd and Tucker Walters and an error on the visitors.
Shiloh Christian pushed across two runs in the second on a solo home run from Jonas Nantze and an RBI double from Chandler Kemp.
McDonald County stranded the bases loaded in the fourth.
The Saints added an insurance run in the top of the sixth on Bowen Gillison’s RBI single.
Down 3-1, the Mustangs rallied in the bottom of the seventh.
With one out, Isaac Behm tripled and scored on Walters’ RBI double. Walters, the tying run, went to third on a wild pitch before Jack Parnell walked.
Shiloh Christian was able to induce a game-ending pop up to end the game.
The Mustangs out-hit the Saints 10-7.
Walters went 3-for-3, while Behm had two hits.
Destyn Dowd started on the mound for the Mustangs. He allowed two runs on five hits and struck out three in five innings. Angel Ruiz tossed two scoreless innings.
Shiloh Christian’s Maddox Welborn tossed four scoreless innings, striking out four and scattering six hits. Holden Wofford allowed one run on four hits in three innings for the Saints (7-5).
McDonald County hosts Joplin on Tuesday.
GRAVETTE 5, SENECA 3
SENECA, Mo. — Gravette rallied from an early deficit with a four-run second inning to beat Seneca on Monday.
The Indians scored three runs in the first inning highlighted by a two-run double from Kade Johnson that scored Lincoln Renfro and Conner Ackerson.
Gravette scored four runs in the top of the second with only one hit in the frame, which led things off, to take a 5-3 lead. Both teams traded zeros for the remaining five innings.
Renfro took the loss after allowing five runs, two earned, on three hits, three walks and three strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.
Johnson had three hits, including a double, two RBI and scored a run. Renfro doubled and scored a run, while Hagen Ginger also recorded a hit for Seneca.
Seneca hosts Reed Springs on Tuesday.
