CLAREMORE, Okla. — Joplin continued its strong start to the season with a 12-2 win in five innings over Glenpool in the Tiger/Zebra Classic on Thursday.
The Eagles wasted little time taking the momentum, scoring eight runs in the first inning. Joplin added a run in the second and traded two runs with Glenpool in the third before scoring another run in the fourth.
The win improves Joplin’s record to 3-0 on the season.
Ethan Guilford earned the win for Joplin after allowing two runs on three hits, three strikeouts and one walk in 2 1/3 innings. Josh Harryman pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk. Justin McReynolds pitched one scoreless inning, striking out two and walking two.
Bodee Carlson got the scoring started for the Eagles after hitting a triple to center to score Fielding Campbell, who led the inning off with a double to left. Two batters later, Guilford helped his own cause with an RBI single to right to push the lead to 2-0. After a run scored on a wild pitch, David Fiscus followed with an RBI double to left, with Alex Curry following with a run-scoring single to short. Campbell picked up an RBI on a groundout later in the inning with Carlson wrapping the first-inning scoring with a two-run single to center field.
In total, the Eagles scored eight runs on seven hits and three walks in the opening frame.
Campbell added an RBI single in the second, with Curry picked up an RBI in the third inning on a single to center. Kyler Stokes drew a bases-loaded walk later in the inning to push the lead to 11-2. Curry brought home Joplin’s final run in the fourth with a sac fly.
Carlson finished with two hits and three RBI, while Curry had two this, three RBI and two runs scored. Campbell added two hits and a run scored, while Guilford went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI. Kirk Chandler also had two hits and scored a run.
Joplin takes on Claremore at 10 a.m. and Fort Gibson at 3 p.m. on Friday to continue the Tiger/Zebra Classic.
