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PREP BASEBALL: Carl Junction breezes past Seneca; Bulldogs square off against Carthage in championship game

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SoMo Sports staff reports

CARTHAGE, Mo. — After taking an early lead with a three-run first inning, Carl Junction exploded for 16 runs in the middle frames to beat Seneca 19-5 in five innings on Thursday in the Bill O’Dell Tournament.

Up 3-0, the Bulldogs crossed home five times in the third and fourth innings before blowing the game open with a six spot in the top of the fifth.

Carl Junction improves to 9-2 on the season and will battle Carthage in the championship game at 11 a.m. at Carl Lewton Stadium on Friday. 

Alex Baker earned the win after scattering two hits over four scoreless innings, striking out eight and walking one. Jaxson Mackney allowed two runs on one hit and a walk in one relief inning.

Noah Southern highlighted the first-inning scoring with a two-run double to center field. 

Carson Johnson had an RBI single with two outs in the third, while Drew Beyer drove home two with a two-out triple to right in the next at-bat to make the score 8-0.

Dylan Eck drove home a run with a single in the fifth with a single, while Johnson cleared the bases later in the inning with a three-run triple to push the lead to 13-0.

Beyer and Southern had back-to-back run-scoring singles in the fifth, with Southern driving in a pair on his ground ball through the left side.

Southern was 4-for-5 at the plate, including a double, with four RBI and two RBI. Johnson had two hits, including a triple, and led CJ with a game-high five RBI and three runs scored. Beyer tripled for one of his two hits, driving in three and scoring once. Eck had two hits, two runs scored and two RBI. Brendyn Downs doubled and scored three times.

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