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Royals: Area: Lady Jays soccer Continued from p. 1 defeats Rock Bridge in PKs getting back on the mound, too.” Duffy (2-0) went six frames Continued from p. 1 and Carter Brooks each had two for a second straight outing, the third to give the Pintos a one- hits. allowing eight hits and six strike- run lead. Procter pitched two innings, outs. He ended his night striking California added four runs in allowing five earned runs and out Jack Mayfield with the bases the fourth and three more in five hits with three strikeouts loaded to close out the sixth. the fifth to build an eight-run and a walk. “That was a big situation and advantage. Jesse Jorgensen and Logan my boys backed me up defen- Ash went 2-for-2 with two Meers each added a hit and an sively,” Duffy said. “I was just singles and four RBI to lead the RBI. trying to empty the tank and I Pintos. Trevor Myers had a pair Calvary Lutheran (3-3) will was able to get a good heater in of singles and Peterson drove in host California at 2:15 p.m. Fri- there. It felt good.” two runs. day in the first round of the Cal- Holland completed a four- Bradley Schoenthal took vary Lutheran/New Bloomfield out save for his first of the sea- the loss for the Eagles. In three Tournament. son, which included a strikeout innings of relief, he allowed Girls Soccer of Mike Trout, who was fanned eight runs on seven hits with six four times in the game. Lady Jays 1, Rock Bridge 0 walks and two strikeouts. COLUMBIA — The Jefferson In the first inning, Carlos Evan Schoenthal pitched the City Lady Jays defeated the Rock Santana hit a sacrifice fly to right first two innings, walking three Bridge Bruins 1-0 in penalty to score . and striking out one. Tristan kicks Tuesday night. Santana added another RBI in Jones pitched a scoreless sixth The game was scoreless the third, scoring Whit Merri- inning for the Eagles. field to lead 2-0. through regulation and overtime Liv Paggiarino/News Tribune California (9-2) plays Thurs- Merrifield hit a pop-up in before going to penalty kicks. day at School of the Osage in a foul territory in the fifth that was Capital City shortstop Brock Miles tries to reach out and catch the ball to tag out Rock Jefferson City outscored Rock Tri-County Conference match- dropped by catcher Kurt Suzu- Bridge 5-4 in PKs to get the win. Bridge runner Hudson Borgmeyer during the first inning of Tuesday’s game at Capital up. ki. He reached base two pitches Rock Bridge is now 3-5 over- City High School. Jamestown (3-2) hosts Prai- later and eventually scored on a all, 1-1 in the Central Missouri rie Home/Bunceton today in a two-out RBI single by Perez, who Activities Conference. CCAA conference contest. is thriving at the plate following a Jefferson City (4-2, 1-1) will 4-for-4 game Tuesday night. Cavaliers: Host Class 2 No. 2 Iberia next New Bloomfield 12, host Battle in a conference con- Suzuki hit a sacrifice fly off Wellsville-Middletown 3 test Thursday night at the 179 Continued from p. 1 The Bruins then blew the But one is better than none. in the eighth to cut WELLSVILLE — A seven-run Soccer Park before playing this game open with an eight-run “I don’t like getting shut out,” the deficit to one. Five batters into the game, seventh inning provided plen- weekend at the Kickapoo Tour- second inning. Rock Bridge sent Skinner said. Dylan Bundy (0-1) went Rock Bridge led 4-0. ty of cushion Tuesday for the nament. 12 batters to plate, totaling six The Bruins scored their final seven innings, giving up two Braedyn Boatright led off with New Bloomfield Wildcats, who Capital City 7, Boonville 0 hits and drawing four walks. three runs in the top of the fifth. earned runs on five hits and two a double before Austin Stewart defeated the Wellsville-Middle- BOONVILLE — The Capi- After the first batter struck out, Rock Bridge finished with walks. He struck out six. laid down a sacrifice bunt. As town Tigers 12-3. tal City Lady Cavaliers extend- the next 10 Bruins reached base nine hits, none after the second Notes: The Royals selected Boatright made his way to third, New Bloomfield scored four ed their winning streak to four the contract of RHP Ervin San- before a double play ended the inning. But the Bruins did draw runs in the first two innings, games Tuesday night with a 7-0 the throw to first was wild and he inning. 12 walks as the Cavaliers used tana and recalled RHP Tyler came around to score and Stew- but Wellsville-Middletown bat- victory against the Boonville Zuber while sending INF Ryan Each team scored a run in the five pitchers. Capital City com- tled back to make the score 5-3 Lady Pirates. art advanced to second. fourth. mitted six errors. McBroom to the alternative site Toby Scheidt then walked through four innings. It’s also the fourth straight and placed RHP Josh Staumont Miles led off Capital City’s Miles had two of Capital Lucas Buscher went 2-for-4 shutout for the Lady Cavaliers, before a double steal moved the half of the inning with a single. City’s three hits in the game. on the 10-day injured list. … The Bruins runners to second and with a bases-clearing triple in who have outscored their oppo- Angels send RHP Griffin Canning One out later, he advanced to “All around, we just have to the seventh to lead the Wildcat nents 22-0 in the streak. third. Kaiden Stoffer doubled second on a wild pitch before be better,” Skinner said. (0-0, 6.75 ERA) to the mound down the line in left to make it offense. Ashton Schuster had Individual scorers were not Carlos Ayala walked. A ground- Rock Bridge is now 9-4 over- available. today as the Royals counter with 3-0. Stoffer then stole third and a three-hit performance with a out moved the runners up to all, 2-0 in the conference. Capital City (5-1) will host RHP . Canning went scored on a wild throw. double and two RBI. second and third before Xaine Capital City (0-6, 0-3) is back Michael Saleny had a pair Owensville at 5:30 p.m. Thurs- 5⅓ innings allowing four earned Capital City had a chance to runs in his last start against Toron- Henderson walked to load the in action Friday when it hosts of singles, while Breycin Dysart day before playing this weekend get one of those runs back in to. Keller will try to bounce back bases. Miles then scored on a Iberia. The Rangers were No. 2 finished the game with a single, at the Lady Spartan Invitational the bottom of the inning. Noah after giving up 10 earned runs in passed ball to make it 13-1. in the initial Class 2 state rank- a double and two RBI. Trevor in Moberly. Nicklas led off with a walk and just 4⅔ innings this season. “We just struggled offensive- ings this season by the Missouri Jordan added a double and two two outs later, Brock Miles dou- ly,” Skinner said. “I know they High School Coaches RBI in the win. Boys Tennis bled to left field. Nicklas tried didn’t throw their best pitcher, Association. Dysart was the winning pitch- Jays drop two duals to score on the play, but was so I was hoping we could come “That will be another good SPRINGFIELD — The Jeffer- er for New Bloomfield. In three son City Jays lost a pair of duals thrown out on a bang-bang play out and score a few runs. But we test,” Skinner said. innings of relief, he gave up an Jays: at the plate. didn’t.” Game time is 5 p.m. Tuesday, falling 6-3 to Spring- unearned run on two hits, strik- field Central and 9-0 to Kicka- Continued from p. 1 ing out five and walking four. poo. Schuster pitched the first Josh Wilde and Jaydep Halder the tying run. three innings for the Wildcats, That single was one of three won 8-5 in doubles play against Border: Tigers stranded 10 runners on base walking two and striking out Springfield Central. Wilde also hits for Jefferson City after Hoer- three while giving up two run chler’s home run. won 8-1 in singles, while Riley Continued from p. 1 and two hits. Jordan pitched a Cooper won 9-8 (7-5 tiebreaker). “It seems like we kind of start scoreless seventh, walking two 10 baserunners in the loss. Losing in doubles for the the game off pretty hot and get and striking out two. “We had opportunities,” Mis- Jays were Aarush Deshpande guys on base and we get guys The loss snapped a five- souri coach Larissa Anderson and Cooper (4-8) and Aidan moving,” Lasley said. “And then game winning streak for Wells- said. “We had multiple opportu- Foster and David Murillo-Mar- we kind of hit that stretch of ville-Middletown (5-2). nities throughout the course of tinez (0-8). Dropping their sin- two, three or four innings where New Bloomfield (3-4) will the game and we didn’t get the gles matches were Halder (1-8), there’s no production at all and host the New Bloomfield/Cal- we’re not really making the key hit when we needed it. I will Deshpande (3-8), Foster (1-8) say we hit some that were right at vary Lutheran Tournament this and Murillo-Martinez (1-8). pitcher work very hard.” weekend. The Wildcats, the No. The Spartans needed just ’em, but you’ve got to be able to Against Kickapoo, Desh- capitalize when we have runners 5 seed, will host fourth-seeded pande and Cooper lost 4-8 in one hit in the eighth to score Lone Jack at 3:15 p.m. Friday. the deciding run. Nickell led off in scoring position.” doubles while the pairings of with an infield single, advanced The Jayhawks took a 1-0 lead New Haven 11, Wilde/Halder and Foster/Muril- to second on a sacrifice bunt, off starter Megan Schumacher in Calvary Lutheran 4 lo-Martinez both lost 2-8. reached third on a passed ball the second inning after Schum- NEW HAVEN — The Calva- Falling in singles play were and slid in safely at home plate acher got ahead with a 1-2 count, ry Lutheran Lions dropped an Wilde (8-9, 0-7 tiebreaker), on a 6-2 fielder’s choice. then fell behind 3-2. Schumach- 11-4 decision Tuesday against Halder (2-8), Deshpande (1-8), Lucas Caudle pitched the final er worked around baserunners the New Haven Shamrocks. Foster (3-8), Cooper (0-8) and five innings for the Jays, allow- in the third and fourth innings, Four Lions tallied a pair of Murillo-Martinez (3-8). ing three runs and four hits with thanks to a caught stealing in hits, including Jonathan Lieb Jefferson City (1-3) will com- three strikeouts and three walks. the third and a double play in Colin O’Brien/News Tribune with a single, a double and two pete today in the Springfield “I thought Lucas came in and the fourth. Missouri second baseman Kendyll Bailey tags out Macy RBI. Alex Procter, Ben Hardin Invitational. did a really good job,” Lasley said. After Abby George slapped Omli of Kansas as Omli tries to steal second base in the “Got out of some tough innings.” one of her two infield singles in Fischer started for the Jays, the game, Moore gave Missouri top of the third inning of Tuesday’s game at the Mizzou allowing two runs and five hits the lead back with her team-best Softball Stadium in Columbia. Cards: Shildt’s 300th game 14th homer of the season out to with four strikeouts and a walk 3-2 lead and turned the lineup aboard, stranding seven of their left, which is also good for eighth in three innings. over when Macy Omli singled 10 baserunners from the fifth Continued from p. 1 Shildt managed his 300th career nationally and third-best in the Jefferson City got seven of its sharply to right, then Sydnee inning on. Major League game since SEC. Moore had been way out in inning, a shot off the right-field eight hits off Battle starter Seth Ramsey added an insurance run “The game could be on the replacing on July front of an off-speed pitch from foul pole. It was his first hit out Wray, who allowed four runs on a single to left, chasing Dan- line in the first inning, it’s not 15, 2018. Kansas starter Hailey Reed on of the infield this season after while striking out four and walk- dola. always on the line in the sev- Notes: Nationals LHP Jon the second pitch of that at-bat starting 1-for-15 with an infield ing one in 5⅓ innings. “Our pitchers have to make enth,” Anderson said. “And we Lester (COVID-19 list) will but was ready for it three pitches single. Caleb Caraker struck out two better pitches, bottom line,” had opportunities in the sev- throw 45-50 pitches in a simu- later, waiting just long enough to The Cardinals sent 14 bat- and walked one while allowing Anderson said. “They have to enth and it came down to that lated game at the team’s alter- get her barrel on it. ters to the plate and added nine just one hit in 2⅔ innings of relief. make better pitches, they have to last at-bat, but we had multiple nate training site Thursday. … Moore had the best day runs in the fifth off Strasburg Taylor Hopkins and Whittle be able to get us out of innings. opportunities throughout the Cardinals LHP Kwang Hyun among Tigers hitters, as she and and Luis Avilán without an joined Hoerchler in the two-hit We can’t have multiple hits in a course of the game. We can’t Kim (back) is scheduled to be extra-base hit. club for the Jays. Cayla Kessinger both drew a pair row, and that’s the one thing that put the pressure that it’s going to activated from the injured list to Washington infielder Hernán Tuesday’s game was the Cen- of walks, part of a Missouri line- I’m seeing from our pitchers, at come down that last at-bat.” start Saturday at Philadelphia. Pérez pitched a perfect bottom tral Missouri Activities Confer- up that drew seven bases while times, that when someone hits Missouri (29-10, 7-5 SEC) St. Louis shuffled its roster by ence debut for Battle, which striking out just twice. the ball hard, it’s happening two, will get a chance to snap its first of the eighth inning, striking out optioning RHP Johan Oviedo to improved to 4-3-1 overall. “Because she’s a catcher, she three, four times in a row. And three-game losing streak this two. This was his seventh career the club’s alternate training site Jefferson City (10-3, 1-1 really does an unbelievable job that can’t happen.” season Friday at home against pitching appearance. after he tossed 4⅔ innings Sun- CMAC) will begin play Thurs- in picking up spin and exact- Jordan Weber took over and Mississippi State. The Bulldogs Recording artist Nelly was day in relief of Daniel Ponce de day in the Columbia Tourna- ly what the pitcher’s doing and allowed two baserunners in the (21-16, 0-9 SEC) are 6-11 away shown in the crowd on the Leon. … Washington will send ment against Francis Howell at how she’s trying to get her out,” final 2⅔ innings, one of which from home, have the confer- Busch Stadium video board. RHP Joe Ross (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Hickman. Game time is 5 p.m. Anderson said of Moore. “… She’s was an intentional walk to Jay- ence’s worst team batting aver- Nelly played baseball at Univer- to the mound to face St. Louis The Vikings are No. 2 in Class gaining information to have a hawks first baseman Morgyn age (.192) and second-worst sity City High School in the St. veteran RHP Adam Wainwright 6 in the latest Missouri High good plan, and that’s why she Wynne, who is tied for seventh team ERA (5.87) in SEC play, as Louis area before embarking on (0-1, 8.22) in the final game of School Baseball Coaches Asso- is such a quality hitter, because in the nation with 15 homers. well as being outscored 79-11 in his rap career. the teams’ three-game series ciation rankings. she knows which pitches she Weber induced a popout and SEC play. Cardinals manager Mike today. “We’ve got to lock it back in can handle and which ones she got a swinging strikeout to end tomorrow for practice and make doesn’t.” the fifth. some adjustments,” Lasley said. Schumacher ran into trouble Missouri’s biggest issues with formerly known as Fantastic Sam’s “A loss is a loss, it’s how you in the fifth, as Kansas put run- leaving runners on came after walk-inS and respond and how you learn from ners on first and second with two Kansas (20-15, 1-5 Big 12) retook aPPt. welCOmed $5 off Perms it and grow.” singles and a sacrifice bunt, all of the lead, and because the Tigers We accept competitors coupons. Jefferson City defeated Battle which came on the second pitch couldn’t get the leadoff man or Color! 15-0 in the four-inning JV game. of those at-bats. Schumacher 573-635-4422 Will Berendzen struck out four (8-3) allowed three earned runs Tue-Fri 9am-6pm Valid thru April 16, 2021 and walked one while allowing on four hits in 4⅓ innings. 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