Babe Ruth league begins postseason
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In the first game First National shut down Rotary, 26-5 in four innings. First National jumped on the board with six runs in the first inning. Rotary countered with four of their own in the bottom of the first. FNB added six more in the second and held Rotary to one run in their half of the inning. FNB held Rotary scoreless in the third and fourth while adding 14 more runs to advance to the second round.
For FNB Mike Jones picked up the win, pitching two innings while allowing five hits and striking out one. Alex Self pitched the third and fourth, striking out three. Every FNB batter scored at least one run.
Self picked up four hits, Jones had three, Tony Grissom and Brian Thurman had two hits each. Matt Shields, John Morris, Ford Fairchild and Tyler Jones added one hit each. For Rotary J.R. Drake and Stephen Hogencamp had one hit each. Jon Creek gave up 12 hits with three K’s.
First National was scheduled to face No. 1 seed Charter Communications Tuesday night, with the winner playing Friday at 5:30 p.m.
In the second game of the night Central Oil stopped Sundrop 12-3 in four innings.
Central Oil scored four runs in the second, three in the third and five in the fourth while holding Sundrop scoreless until the fourth, when they put three runners across the plate.
It was too little too late, however, as Central Oil moved on to face Union Planters on Tuesday.
Buzz Crowder picked up the win, pitching four innings and striking out eight.
Central Oil was led by Kyle Mullican and Clint Newman with two hits each. Andy Southard, Cody Brown, David Beard, Shane Wilcher and Darrid Wells had one hit apiece.
Todd Dunn was the losing pitcher with five K’s and 10 walks. Jakob Fann, Drew Green and Dunn had one hit each for Sundrop.
Thursday night action will see Rotary facing the loser of Central Oil-Union Planters at 5:30 p.m., and Sundrop taking on the loser of the Charter-FNB game at 7:30 p.m.