Sonic wins in extra frames
Sonic and Moore Properties provided a dramatic finish to an exciting night of action, with Sonic coming out on top 16-15 in seven innings Friday in the Boys Training League baseball tournament.
After Sonic scored seven runs in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth to take a brief lead, Moore came through with three in the bottom of the frame, including a two-run over-the-fence homer from Justin Ware which tied the game 15-15 and forced extra innings. Ware’s shot was the first out-of-the-park home run of the tourney, which is being played at the Jim Mansfield Tee Ball Field.
Sonic came through in the seventh, however, as Tylan Martin singled to lead off the inning, moved to third on a base hit from J.T. Morgan and scored what would prove to be the game-winner on a Zack York double.
With the victory Sonic advanced to the winners’ bracket semifinals, and will face either Peking Restaurant or Satellite World Tuesday night at 5:30.
Martin and Morgan had four hits each for Sonic, which scored three in the first and two more in the second to go up 5-4. Austin Green had three hits, and York, Juan Gonzales, Jacq Elam, Tyler Worthington and Jacob Newby had two apiece.
Ware and Mitchell Steiner had four hits each for Moore, while Macrae Thompsen, Micah McColloch, Kyle Haley and Preston Prater had three each. Hunter Adams, Davis Adcock, Timothy Ortez and Dillon King came through with two hits apiece.
In earlier action Friday night, Woodarver scored four runs in the top of the sixth to edge Quality Mold 11-10.
Logan Walker and Garrison Holmes had four hits each for Woodcarver, which trailed 9-4 going into the fifth inning. Dakota Ware and Dustin Bond added two hits apiece.
Nick Grandey came through with four hits for Quality Mold, with Daniel Carter, Mac Britton and Kyle White notching three apiece.
The tournament’s top-seeded team, NHC, had little trouble advancing, as they scored a 14-4 win over Union Planters.
Jared Mullins and Kaleb Rymer had four hits each for NHC, which took an early 3-1 lead, then scored four runs in the second and five in the third to go up 12-3. Connor Dixon and Trevor Vaughn had three hits apiece.
Blake Carter, Chase Fults, Jacob Self and Ryan Cooper had two hits each for Union Planters.
In Thursday night’s action, Moore Properties downed Bi-Lo 18-7, scoring six runs in the bottom of the fourth to win the game via the mercy rule.
Steiner, Thompsen, McColloch and Davis Adcock had three hits each for Moore, while Ware, Haley, Prater and Dillon King notched two each.
Brett Mullican had three hits for Bi-Lo, with Logan Wanamaker coming in with two.
Sonic moved on Thursday with a 15-5 win over Rubley’s, rallying from a 3-0 deficit to score 14 runs over the final three innings.
Drew Tanner, Martin, Gonzales, Elam and York all had two hits for Sonic, with York coming through with a three-run hit in the fourth inning.
Jacob Griffin, Zack Rubley, Kendall Rutledge and Mitchell Fuqua all had two-hit games for Rubley’s.
Tenth-seeded Peking Restaurant scored an upset over No. 7 Dependable Brakes Thursday, winning 14-10 thanks to a four-run fifth.
Luke Hillis went 3-for-4, including an inside-the-park home run for Peking, while Dillon Rowland, Austin Wright, Michael Wells and Ben Wilson all went 4-for-4.
Logan Chandler and Evan Jones were 3-for-3 for Dependable Brakes, while Heath Simons and August Palombo had two hits each.
The Training League tournament continues through this week, and is slated to conclude Monday, July 29.