Carthage suffered a pair of one-run losses on the final day of the Paige Neal/Christina Freeman Softball Tournament at the Joplin Athletic Complex.
Competing in the Bronze Bracket on Saturday, Carthage dropped a 3-2 decision to Staley before Park Hill South edged the Tigers 9-8.
Against Staley, the Tigers plated single tallies in the first and third innings.
Landry Cochran went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, while Jenna Calhoon had the lone RBI.
Ashlyn Brust and Cochran both doubled.
Ashlynn Jackson took the loss after allowing two earned runs on two hits and four walks in six innings.
Hailey Herman was the winning pitcher. She struck out seven and gave up one earned run in the complete game effort.
Staley’s Rian Martin homered.
In the tourney finale, Park Hill South plated the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning to earn a walk-off victory.
Carthage used a three-run seventh inning to tie the game at 8-8.
Lexa Youngblood led the Tigers at the plate by going 3-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI.
Brooklynn Dolon-Main and Shelby Hegwer had two hits apiece. Dolon-Main drove in two runs, while Jackson, Youngblood and Aven Willis had one RBI apiece.
Cochran doubled and scored a run.
Addison Wallace allowed six runs on seven hits in two innings, while Jackson gave up one earned run on seven hits in five frames. Jackson fanned four.
Park Hill South’s Erin Stewart drove in three runs on three hits. Stewart hit the game-ending double in the eighth inning.
The Tigers went 1-4 at the Joplin tourney, beating Monett 8-3 on Friday.
Carthage (5-5) is at Joplin (10-2) at 4:30 on Tuesday for the Central Ozark Conference opener.
