Training League tourney champ almost decided
Moore Properties and Sonic stayed alive in the Boys Training League Tournament Monday night, while Union Planters, Woodcarver and Quality Mold saw their postseason runs come to an end.
In the first game of the night on Monday, Quality Mold used a six-run third inning to blow open what had been a close game, and eventually came away with a run-rule victory over Union Planters, 17-7.
Union Planters scored four runs in the top of the first, but Quality countered with three in the bottom of the inning. Two more runs in the second gave UP a 6-3 lead, but Quality answered once again, scoring five in the bottom of the second to take the lead for good.
Austin Fisk had four hits to lead the way for Quality Mold, while Ethan Wilson added three. Daniel Carter, Nick Grandy, River Underwood, Jonathan Beavers and Austin Zimmerly all came through with two hits apiece in the winning effort.
For Union Planters, Colby Pearsall, Jorden Dennis and John Martin had two hits each, while Blake Carter, Thomas Locke, Chase Fults, Cole Crim and Lianchen Huang all had one.
Moore Properties held off a late rally in Monday’s second game, and moved on with an 11-7 win over Woodcarver.
Up 6-1 through 3-1/2 innings, Moore’s saw its lead begin to dwindle when Woodcarver plated two runs in the fourth.
Moore’s answered with a single run in the fifth and added four more in the sixth, and those late insurance runs proved to be important as Woodcarver mounted a four-run rally in the bottom of the sixth before running out of steam.
Justin Ware had three hits for Moore Properties, while Micah McColloch, Davis Adcock, Hunter Adams, Preston Prater, Timothy Ortez and Ryan McColloch had two base hits apiece.
Dustin Bond had three hits for Woodcarver, while Logan Walker and Garrison Holmes had a pair of hits each. Spencer Pryor, Grayson Woods, Robert Eschenbacher, Hayden Jones and Dakota Ware added one hit apiece.
Fresh off their win over Union Planters, Quality Mold hit the field again to close Monday’s action, but Sonic proved too tough, ending their season with a 16-10 loss.
Sonic took a 10-4 lead through the first two innings, but Quality Mold cut into that advantage with a pair of runs in the bottom of the third, before Sonic scored six in the fourth to all but seal the win.
J.T. Morgan, Drew Tanner, Austin Green and Tylan Martin all had two hits for Sonic, while Juan Gonzales, Zack York, Jacq Elam, Christian Martin and Shunsuke Nakashima had a hit apiece.
Austin Fisk and Nick Grandy came through with three-hit games for Quality Mold, while Kyle White, Ethan Wilson and River Underwood had two apiece. Daniel Carter, Mac Britton, Jonathan Beavers, Logan Hill and Austin Zimmerly had a hit each.
NHC and Satellite World, the league’s No. 1 and No. 2-seeded teams, respectively, were set to battle in the winner’s bracket finals Tuesday night, with Moore Properties and Sonic squaring off in the second game of the evening. The loser of the NHC-Satellite game and the winner of Moore-Sonic were slated to play in the losers’ bracket finals late Tuesday night.
The tournament championship game is scheduled for Thursday, at 7 p.m., at the Jim Mansfield T-ball field.