GROVE (OKLAHOMA) 4, NEOSHO 0
MIAMI, Okla. — Grove limited Neosho to two hits on the way to a win over the Wildcats in the championship game of the Mickey Mantle Classic wooden bat tournament on Saturday.
Hayden Chandler earned a win after pitching a complete-game shutout on two hits, five walks and six strikeouts over seven innings.
Quenton Hughes took the loss for Neosho (10-3) after allowing four runs on four hits, five walks and six strikeouts in six innings of work.
Hunter Wall doubled on the way to two hits and a run scored. Corbin Houseman had a hit and an RBI.
Wyatt Shadwick and Brody Crane each collected a hit for the Wildcats.
Neosho hosts Joplin on Tuesday in COC action.
HICKMAN 5, JOPLIN 0
OZARK, Mo. — Hickman used a four-run third inning to fuel a win over Joplin at US Ballpark on Saturday.
The Kewpies got on the board in the third on a passed ball before an RBI double from Be Hemmer made the score 2-0. Two more runs came around to score on a Joplin error in the next at-bat.
Zach Bates earned the win after pitching six scoreless innings on four hits, three walks and 10 strikeouts.
Alex Isbell took the loss after allowing four runs, two earned, on five hits, three walks and six strikeouts in five innings.
Kaelin Tindall had two hits and scored a run for Hickman.
Eli Sotlar had two hits for Joplin.
Joplin (4-8) is at Neosho on Tuesday.
COOTER 3, CARTHAGE 1
MIAMI, Okla. — Cooter rallied with two runs in the bottom of the third inning and added insurance in the sixth to beat Carthage in the Mickey Mantle Classic wooden bat tournament on Saturday.
Rhoads Lynn earned the win after allowing one run on three hits, two walks and nine strikeouts in seven innings.
Clay Kinder took the loss after allowing two unearned runs on two hits, three walks and three strikeouts in three innings.
Lynn had a hit, RBI and scored a run at the plate. Luke Barnes added a hit and an RBI for Cooter.
Ty Perry had a hit and drove in a run for Carthage.
Carthage is at Carl Junction on Tuesday.
CARL JUNCTION 2, BLUE VALLEY NORTH 1
FORT SCOTT, Kan. — Carl Junction pushed across single tallies in the sixth and seventh innings to earn a victory at the Fort Scott Tournament.
With the game scoreless, the Bulldogs broke through in the sixth.
With two outs, Logan Eck walked, Bentley Rowden was hit by a pitch and Wyatt McAfee reached on an error, allowing Eck to cross home.
The Bulldogs added a key insurance run in the seventh when Arlen Wakefield hit an RBI single, allowing Cody Hollingsworth to score.
Blue Valley North scored once in the bottom of the seventh before Carl Junction recorded the final out.
Gaige Carson earned the pitching victory, going all seven innings and allowing just one run on four hits while striking out six.
The Bulldogs recorded five hits, one apiece by Wakefield, Eck, Rowden, McAfee and Jones.
Carl Junction (4-7) hosts Carthage on Tuesday.
