Rotary’s Cody Robinson fires the ball back in from the outfield during Monday’s game. Robinson and his Rotary teammates fell to Sundrop 16-6.
Babe Ruth action is heating up, and Monday night on the Edley Newman field two games took place, with First National Bank downing Rotary Club 8-2 in the first game. It took extra innings for Sundrop to slip past Save-A-Lot 5-4 in the second game. The winning pitcher for First National Bank was Adam Fann allowing just one hit, while Rotary’s Robbie McCollough took the loss. For First National Bank, Fann, Hayden Wood, Hector Labrada, Austin Panter and Spencer Pryor had one hit apiece. Cody Robinson picked up the only hit of the night for Rotary. Sundrop’s Ethan Wilson picked up the win in the second game, with Derek Brumley working seven innings, fanning 15 batters, while walking five and giving up three runs. Kaleb Rymer took the loss. Sundrop and Save-A-Lot each scored two runs in the first inning. Save-A-Lot took the lead in the bottom of the second with one run crossing the plate. Sundrop tied things up at 3-3 in the top of the sixth. Both teams failed to score in the seventh. In the top of the eighth Sundrop sent two runs to the plate on a two RBI double from Alex Bragg in what would be the game winning hit. Save-A-Lot tried to rally in the bottom of the inning with one run, but it wasn’t enough as Sundrop got the win. For Sundrop, Bragg had two hits. Aaron Taylor, Jonathan Burton and Austin Green had one hit each. For Save-A-Lot Rymer had one hit. Last Tuesday First National defeated Rotary Club 14-0. Fann picked up the win, while Logan Walker took the loss. Jorden Dennis, Grayson Woods and Fann had two hits each. Nelson Huckeby had three hits and Brett Mullican had one hit. For Rotary, Nick Grandey had two hits, Robinson and Antonio Vergo had one hit each. In the second game of the night Save-A-Lot rolled past Cherokee Manufacturing 14-4. Luke Hillis got the win, while Zach Rubley took the loss. For Save-A-Lot, Rymer and Kaleb Tilton had two hits each. Dillon Rowland and J.T. Morgan added one hit each. For Cherokee, Caleb Northcutt had two hits. Zach Rubley and Mitchell McCorkle had one hit apiece. Monday night First National slipped past Cherokee Manufacturing 7-3. Dennis got the win, while Justin Ware took the loss. For First National, Mullican, Dennis and Huckeby had two hits each. Labrada and Woods added one hit each. For Cherokee, Rubley had two hits and Northcutt added one hit. In the second game, Sundrop defeated Rotary Club 16-6. Ethan Wilson picked up the win for Sundrop, while Nick Grandy took the loss. For Sundrop, Burton had two hits. Taylor, Brumley, Tyler Worthington and Mitchell Morton had one hit each. Devon Prater, Robinson and Cody Parkhurst had one hit each for Rotary Club.
