Babe Ruth league tournament time

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

Rotary Club’s Mark Tidenburg slides in ahead of the throw as First National’s shortstop Paul Lawson Prater attempts to lay down the tag during Monday night’s Babe Ruth action. (Dale Stubblefield photo)

Tournament action heated up in the 13-14 year old Babe Ruth League last Thursday night with two games on the schedule and two games played Monday.

In the first game Thursday, First National Bank squeezed by Central Oil 14-9. Josh Grissom picked up the win for First National allowing only three hits, while Stephen Fuqua took the loss. For First National, Paul Lawson Prater led the way with two hits. Cory Sullivan, Jonathan Holland and Jackson Ewton picked up one hit each. For Central Oil, Rob Hamby, Fuqua and Tyler Grove had one hit each.

The second game of the night was decided by two runs with Sundrop edging Bouldin Nursery 9-7. Terrell Mathis got the win for Sundrop giving up five hits on the night. Justin Armes suffered the loss for Bouldin’s. For Sundrop, Justin Boyd had two hits, Evan Moran, Mathis and Sam Pryor had one hit each. For Bouldin Nursery, T.J. Black, Armes, Elliott Kelley, Juduonte Ramsey and Nigel Hopkins had one hit each.

Rotary Club defeated First National in the first game Monday night 9-2, on three hits. For Rotary, Dexter Hillis, Justin Fults and Mark Tidenburg had one hit each. For First National, Cory Sullivan and Jacob Taylor had one hit each. Fults picked up the win, while Andy Southard took the loss.

In the second game of the night, Bouldin Nursery rolled over Central Oil 7-1. T.J. Black went the distance for Bouldin Nursery picking up the win with five strikeouts and giving up three hits and two walks. Andy Southard suffered the loss. For Bouldin’s, Elliott Kelley had two hits, Bryan Bouldin and Ryan Willaims had one hit each with Williams scoring three runs. For Central Oil, David Beard had two hits and Stephan Fuqua had one hit.

In the last three games of the regular season, Sundrop edged First National 7-6. For Sundrop, J.R. Drake had two hits, Cody Adcock, Evan Moran, Terrell Mathis, Justin Boyd, Sam Pryor, Tydale Mathis and John Blair had one hit each. For First National, Paul Lawson Prater, Cory Sullivan and Josh Grissom picked up two hits each. Jonathan Holland, Brian Thurman and Matt Shields had one hit each.

Bouldin Nursery defeated Central Oil 11-10. For Bouldin Nursery, T.J. Black, Justin Armes, Bryan Bouldin, Nigel Hopkins, Juduonte Ramsey, Steven Richardson and Josh Burton had one hit each. For Central Oil, Rob Hamby, Brian Myers and Stephan Fuqua had two hits each. Justin Bouldin, David Beard, Tyler Grove and Tyren Boyd had one hit each.

First National beat Rotary Club 7-3. For First National, Paul Lawson Prater and Josh Grissom had one hit each. For Rotary, Justin Fults, Todd Dunn, Hunter Urtabees and David Watson had one hit each.

Weather permitting the finals of the tournament will be held Saturday afternoon.