Stewart’s Nursery, First National open tourney with wins

Tournament action kicked off Tuesday night in the boys 11- and 12-year-old baseball league with two games scheduled on the Dottie West Field.
Stewart’s Nursery rolled past DWall Drywall 14-2 in the opening game of the tournament. Alex Sullivan picked up the win for Stewart’s. DWall used three pitchers, but they couldn’t keep Stewart’s Nursery from pounding out 14 hits.
Stewart’s scored three runs in the top of the first. DWall answered with one run in the bottom of the inning. Stewart’s broke things open in the top of the second after sending five runs across the plate. DWall was held to one run in the bottom of the inning. In the third, Stewart’s scored four runs and in the top of the fifth two more runs crossed the plate. DWall came up empty in the third and fourth innings.
For Stewart’s Nursery, Sullivan and Bradley Stewart led the way with three hits each. Dylan Young, Glen Llewellyn and Hunter King added two hits apiece. Jett Urtubees and Payden Lee added one hit each.
Tristan Reish and Micah Martin had one hit each for DWall Drywall.
In the second game, First National Bank escaped with a 12-11 win over Morris Auto Body. Morris Auto Body out hit First National 9-6.
Merek McColloch and Park Hillard saw action on the mound for First National. Wesley Parkhurst, Joesph Webb, Tyler Patterson and Christian Barrett pitched for Morris Auto Body.
Morris Auto struck for five runs in the top of the first, but First National answered with seven runs in the bottom of the inning.
Morris Auto scored one run in the second, one in the third and four in the fourth. First National scored four more runs in the third and the winning run in the fourth.
For First National Bank, Hillard had two hits. Lake Hillis, Griffin Jones, Nicholas Tilton and Steven Weber had one hit each.
For Morris Auto Body, Brayden Neal led the way with three hits. Joesiah Solomon and Parkhurst had two hits apiece. Jerrick McKnight and Webb added one hit each.