Babe Ruth ball in full ‘swing’

Last week in the 13- and 14-year-old Babe Ruth baseball league, Rotary downed Moose Lodge 6-2, while First National was a 9-4 winner over Sundrop.

In the Rotary win, Jason Johnson and Josh Burton picked up two hits each, while Charlie Hennessee, Mark Tidenburg, Cody Deason and Daniel Savage had a hit apiece.

Luke Knox, Austin Walker and Bobby Lorance had a hit apiece for Moose Lodge.

On the hill, Hennessee worked seven innings for the win. Lorance took the loss.

• Ryan Williams had a 3-for-3 game for First National in their win over Sundrop, while Cory Sullivan had two hits to help his own cause on the mound. P.L. Prater added one hit to the winning effort.

Ryan Daniel had a pair of hits for Sundrop, while Matthew Black and Sam Pryor had a hit each. Cody Adcock took the loss on the mound.

• In other Babe Ruth action, Rotary clipped Walker Nursery 11-10 behind a 2-for-2 night from Charlie Hennessee, who scored three runs. Cody Deason was 2-for-3, while Josh Burton, Brently Prater, Daniel Savage and Ryan Woodlee had a hit apiece.

Rob Hamby and Brian Myers were both 3-for-4 for Walker Nursery, which got two hits from Travis Moore and one each from Lucas Majors, Alex Mullican and Tyron Boyd.

• First National edged Walker Nursery 5-3, with Cory Sullivan fanning seven batters over a complete-game effort to get the win. Alex Mullican also went the distance and fanned seven, but took the hard-luck loss.

At the plate, Sullivan had a pair of hits, while Dylan Keith and P.L. Prater had one hit each. Matt McCulloch, Tyler Hillis and Brian Myers had hits for Walker Nursery.

• Sundrop took a 10-3 win over Rotary Monday night, with Derrick Mikkola going 3-for-4 at the plate and Matthew Black, Ryan Daniel and John Bryant adding two hits each. Sam Pryor got the win on the hill.

Charlie Hennessee took the loss, with Rotary’s Cody Deason and Brently Panter adding a hit each.

• First National edged Walker Nursery 7-6, behind three hits each from Cory Sullivan and Dylan Keith. P.L. Prater took the win, and had a base hit, as did Ryan Williams and Cody Ray.

Walker Nursery got two hits from Brian Myers and one from Cody Ray, while Alex Mullican took the loss.

• In the 15- and 16-year-old league, Jon Creek and his VFW teammates out-lasted Dillon Childers and Cherokee Manufacturing, winning a 3-2 pitchers’ duel.

Creek balanced seven strikeouts against four walks on his way to the complete-game win, while Childers took the loss.

At the plate, Tony Grissom, Evan Moran and Dexter Hillis had a hit apiece for VFW, while Allen McCormack, Bryan Armes and Childers had a hit each for Cherokee.

13-14 Babe Ruth
Team Rec
First Nat’l. 7-1
Walker Nsy. 6-4
Sundrop 4-4
Rotary 4-4
Moose Lodge 1-9