JOPLIN CRUISES PAST SENECA FOR ROAD WIN
SENECA, Mo. — Joplin scored five runs in the middle innings and built an eight-run lead on the way to a 9-1 win over Seneca on Wednesday.
The Eagles’ winning streak is at six games with Joplin’s record standing at 12-2.
Jill McDaniel earned the win in the circle for Joplin after pitching six scoreless innings, allowing three hits, three walks and striking out 14. Caelyn Bobski allowed one run on two hits in one relief inning.
Abigail Jamros took the loss after allowing nine runs, five earned, on 10 hits, four walks and four strikeouts in seven innings.
Joplin reached the scoreboard in the second inning with a single tally scoring on a Seneca error before adding three more runs in the third frame on another Indians’ error, a bases-loaded walk by Izzy Yust and an RBI groundout from Kirsten McMillen to push the lead to 4-0. Jadyn Pankow added a run with an RBI groundout in the fourth inning for a 5-0 lead.
Joplin put the game out of reach in the sixth inning with Libby Munn driving in a run with a single to center field before McMillen followed with a two-run single to right for an 8-0 cushion.
Pankow added a run-scoring single to left in the top of the seventh and Seneca got on the scoreboard with an RBI groundout from Callie Rhoades.
Joplin is at Branson on Thursday.
CASSVILLE HOLDS OFF CARL JUNCTION
CASSVILLE, Mo. — Cassville broke a 5-5 tie with two runs scoring in the fifth inning and held off Carl Junction for a 7-6 win on Wednesday.
The Bulldogs (3-4) trailed 4-1 early before a four-run fourth inning gave CJ a 5-4 advantage. The Wildcats tied the game up with a run in the bottom of the fourth before scoring twice in the fifth for a 7-5 lead. Carl Junction rallied for a run in the top of the seventh inning but the final out was made before the tying run could score.
Stoufer earned the win after allowing six runs, five earned, on 11 hits and four strikeouts in seven innings pitched.
Kiley Spencer took the loss for CJ after allowing seven runs, four earned, on eight hits and three strikeouts in four innings of work. Hannah Cole pitched two scoreless innings in relief and allowed two hits.
Madi Olds, Izzie Southern and Dezi Williams all had two hits for Carl Junction. Olds, Southern, Cole and Ryleigh Palmer all doubled, while Sammie Sims recorded a triple. Olds, Spencer and Southern all finished with one RBI, while Olds scored a pair of runs. Spencer, Sims, Southern and Williams all scored a run.
Carl Junction is at Nixa on Thursday.
