El Dorado, Parkers Chapel collect wins

For the third time in five games, El Dorado's offense produced double figures, as the Wildcats rolled to a 21-0 win over Hot Springs Tuesday in 5A South play.

Landen Rainwater homered for the third time in four games and Brennan Jones hit a grand slam for the Wildcats (8-5, 2-1), who scored 12 runs in the first and nine in the second.

“We had a great approach at the plate and had big swings up and down the lineup,” El Dorado coach Cannon Lester said.

“Landen has been hot and Brennan is one of our better hitters and is ready to get going.”

Jones, whose aforementioned grand slam came in the second, drove in five runs while going 2-for-2 with three runs scored.

Rainwater, who had four RBIs and hit a tworun homer in the first, finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored for EHS.

Tyler Johnson was 2-for2 with two RBIs, while Austin Jobe and Justin Dumas each drove in a pair of runs in the win.

John Robert Burson, Joseph Bolin and Sam Rothwell each had one hit and one RBI, while Holden Lowry and Shadarious Plummer had one RBI apiece.

Preston Howard, Hunter Lawrence and Ashton Yarbrough rounded out EHS with one hit apiece.

Dumas and Kamron Bibby collaborated on an abbreviated no-hitter.

Dumas, who threw a perfect game at Junction City in March, walked two and struck out five in two innings. Bibby had two strikeouts in one inning of work.

Winners of seven of their last nine games, the Wildcats head to Texarkana for a conference showdown on Friday.

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PARKERS CHAPEL Caleb Barnes delivered another outstanding outing on the mound, going the distance with a three-hitter to lead Parkers Chapel past Harmony Grove 6-1 on

Monday.

Barnes, who walked two and struck out three, pitched a one-hitter against Bradley and allowed just one unearned run in 4 2/3 innings in relief in a win over Ouachita last weekend.

Austin Looney went 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, an RBI and one run scored for the Trojans.

Looney also stole two bases in the win.

Spencer Frisby went 2-for-3 with one run scored, while Mason Dougan went 1-for-2 with two RBIs.

Trace Shoup went 1-for4 with a triple and an RBI and Chris Greer went 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored.