NEOSHO 23, MARSHFIELD 13
No, it’s not a football score.
Neosho (8-1) and Marshfield (5-5) combined for 36 runs on 34 total hits, with the Wildcats walking away with a run-rule win in six innings.
Marshfield took a 7-0 lead after two innings before a nine-run third inning vaulted the Wildcats in front. Both teams traded crooked numbers in the fourth and fifth innings before Neosho put the game away with seven runs scoring in the sixth inning.
Austin Rodriguez earned the win after allowing 10 runs, eight earned, on nine hits, six walks and three strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.
Kyler Massie took the loss after allowing seven runs on seven hits, three walks and three strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings.
Wyatt Shadwick doubled twice and finished with five hits and four RBI to lead Neosho at the plate. Eli Zark and Quenton Hughes each doubled and finished with four hits apiece. Zar drove in four runs, while Hughes had four RBI and three runs scored. C Southern doubled on the way to four hits, two RBI and three runs scored. River Brill had one hit, three walks and five runs scored.
Carson Adams had a double on the way to three hits and three runs scored to lead Marshfield at the plate.
Neosho hosts Webb City on Thursday.
CARTHAGE 3, SENECA 2
Carthage and Seneca battled to extra innings, with the Tigers coming away with a nine-inning win on Tuesday.
Carthage took a 1-0 lead in the first inning after a run scored on an error.
The Tigers (2-7) went on top 2-0 when Carthage’s first hit of the game came in the form of an RBI single up the middle by Ty Perry to score M Adams with one out in the fifth inning.
Seneca (5-6) took advantage of a pair of Carthage errors in the top of the seventh, which led to the tying runs coming around to score.
Perry reached via the error on a bunt attempt in the ninth inning that allowed the winning run to score for the Tigers.
Brady Carlton earned the win in relief after allowing two unearned runs on one hit, one walk and three strikeouts in 3 1/3 relief innings.
Kade Johnson, who had two hits at the plate to lead the Indians, took the loss in relief after allowing one unearned run on three walks and three strikeouts in two innings.
Carthage hosts Willard on Wednesday.
Seneca is at Aurora on Thursday.
SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC 11, JOPLIN 3
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Joplin rallied from an early deficit before Springfield Catholic responded in kind to pull away for the win.
The Fightin’ Irish (5-0) opened the game with two runs in the bottom of the first, highlighted by an RBI double from Coleman Morrison for the initial lead.
The Eagles (3-7) answered with three runs in the second inning, including a two-run single with two outs by Brady Mails, to jump in front 3-2.
Springfield Catholic took the momentum for good with a four-run third inning. The Irish added two insurance runs in the fourth and sixth innings, sandwiched around a single tally in the fifth.
Cole Schoen earned the win for the Irish after allowing three unearned runs on three hits, two walks and six strikeouts in five innings.
Byler Riether took the loss for the Eagles after allowing nine runs, eight earned, on eight hits, five walks and six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Ben Smith had three hits, including a home run, scored three runs and drove in one, while Schoen had two hits, including a double, and three RBI. Logan Ripper also homered and drove in two.
Mails had a hit and two RBI to lead Joplin. Eli Sotlar had a hit and scored a run. Caden Shoemaker went 1-or-3 with a walk, with Justin McReynolds also garnering a hit.d
Joplin hosts Carl Junction on Thursday.
