Junior League tourney action gets underway
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ADA Mold’s Matt Wilson led off the game with a towering shot over the left field fence to give his team the early lead. But Morris Auto Body sent three runners across the plate in their half of the first to take a 3-1 lead. ADA struck back in the top of the second with three runs of their own and held Morris scoreless to take the lead 4-3. Morris Auto Body tied the game in the third 4-4 off three walks and a fielder’s choice. Jeremy Southard came in to pitch in the fourth to replace Logan Seamons for Morris Auto Body. Southard shut ADA down in the inning while the offense gave his team three more runs in the fourth to make it a 7-4 ballgame. ADA rallied in the top of the fifth. Justin McGregor led off with a walk. Raney Webb was hit by a pitch and then three walks sent two runs across the plate to pull within one. Southard struck out the next two batters to get out of the inning and take the win.
Seamons and Southard combined for 12 strike-outs and gave up six walks and each worked three innings. Micah Black picked up two hits for Morris Auto Body. For ADA, Wilson had the only hit, the home run in the first. Wilson pitched four innings striking out eight.
In the second game of the night Willmore Body Shop shut down D C Roofing in four innings 16-3. Willmore scored nine runs in the second inning while shutting out DC through three. Mathew Tidenburg did the damage in the inning with a two run blast over the center field fence. Willmore scored five more runs in the fourth. D C Roofing sent three runners across the plate in the fourth but it was too little too late.
For Willmore, Mathew Tidenburg had three hits, Cody Fults, Tyler Glenn, Lou Christian, Garrett Pack, Josh Miller and Ken Clayton picked one hit each. For D C Roofing, Mitchell McCorkle, Slater Parks and Justin Kelly had one hit each.
On Tuesday night B & K Trucking defeated Union Planters 16-5 in four innings. Lucas Felton did the damage in the first inning for B & K with an inside the park grand slam to help his team put ten runs on the board in the inning. That was all starting pitcher Jordan Steiner would need for B & K. Steiner had six strike-outs and gave up four hits. Lucas Felton had two hits. Steiner, Cody Robinson, Cody Crouch, Adam Hollandsworth and Kody Tanner picked up one hit each for B & K. For Union Planters, Wes Solomon, Daniel Troglen, Cody King and Trey Hobbs had one hit each.
In the second game of the night Car Concepts stopped Turners 16-6 in five innings. Car Concepts sent six runners across the plate in the first with six walks and two hit batters. Turners put two runs on the board in the inning with three walks and a base hit to make it a 6-2 game. Both teams struggled over the next three innings and after four innings of play, Car Concepts had a 8-4 lead.
In the fifth, Car Concepts sent eight more runners across the plate. Turners had one man on in the fifth when Kyle Turner drove the ball to right field for an inside the park homerun but that was all they could manage. For Car Concepts Jordan Woodlee had the only hit and for Turners, Turner picked up two hits, Keith McCorkl and Benji Grissom added one hit each.