JOPLIN 14, HARRISONVILLE 2 (5 INNINGS)
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — Joplin touched home seven times in the first inning before scoring another seven runs in the middle innings en route to the five-frame victory over Harrisonville on Tuesday.
Fielding Campbell earned the win after allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits, two walks and a strikeout over three innings. Josh Harryman struck out three and allowed one hit in two scoreless relief innings.
Drew Appleman took the loss after giving up six runs on two hits and three walks in 1/3 of an inning. Tucker Vassar allowed eight runs, six earned, on nine hits, a walk and four strikeouts in 4 2/3 relief innings.
Joplin’s Alex Curry and Carson Wampler highlighted the first-inning surge with a pair of RBI doubles. Curry doubled to left early in the inning to score Bodee Carlson and Kohl Cooper, while Wampler doubled home Kirk Chandler and Kyler Stokes with a double to center field late in the frame.
Cooper singled in the hole to short to score Wampler to highlight the three-run top of the third for the Eagles. Campbell picked up an RBI on a sac fly in the fourth, while Chandler and Justin McReynolds each came up with run-scoring singles as part of a three-run fifth to push the lead to 13-2.
Curry and Wampler led the Eagles with three hits and three RBI each, while Chandler had a hit, scored three times and drove in one. Carlson scored twice while getting a hit and driving in one.
The Eagles (10-4) are at Branson on Thursday.
REPUBLIC 7, NEOSHO 0 (6 INNINGS)
REPUBLIC, Mo. — Republic scored one run in the first inning before adding insurance in the final four frames on the way to the six-inning win over Neosho on Tuesday.
Neosho’s Lane Yost had the only hit for the Wildcats.
Jared Hughes doubled and drove in two, while scoring a run to lead the Tigers at the plate.
Vincent Pyeatt earned the win after pitching six scoreless innings, allowing one hit, three walks and striking out 10. Ace McWatters struck out one in one scoreless relief inning.
Wyatt Keplar took the loss after allowing six runs, four earned, on our hits, five walks and six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. Brett Slavens allowed one unearned run on three walks and three strikeouts in 1 2/3 relief innings.
The Tigers (2-13) are at Willard on Thursday.
