McDonald County Press

18U Scores Win Over Carl Junction

- Rick Peck

McDonald County scored four runs on five hits and an error in the seventh inning to break open a one-run game on the way to a 10-6 win over Carl Junction on July 1 in the final game of the 8-on-8 league at Joe Becker Stadium in Joplin.

McDonald County scored four runs on five hits and an error in the seventh inning to break open a one-run game on the way to a 10-6 win over Carl Junction on July 1 in the final game of the 8-on-8 league at Joe Becker Stadium in Joplin.

Weston Gordon got the seventh-inning rally started with a one-out single. Nevin Price and Bo Leach singled to score the first run of the inning before a Carl Junction error gave McDonald County its second run. Colton Ruddick and Wade Rickman added two-out singles to drive in McDonald County’s third and fourth runs of the inning.

McDonald County jumped on top with two runs in the first inning. Cole Martin singled and scored on an RBI single by Levi Helm. Junior Eliam followed with a single before Gordon drove in the second run of the inning on a ground out.

McDonald County stretched its lead to 3-0 with a run in the third. Ethan Lett singled and scored on

Martin’s double.

After Carl Junction cut the lead to 3-2, McDonald County added two runs in the fourth. Helm hit McDonald County’s first homer of the year at Joe Becker for the first run before a single by Eliam, a double by Gordon and Leach’s sacrifice fly drove in the second.

Carl Junction again cut the lead to one with two runs in the fourth, but McDonald County answered with a single run in the fifth on two errors and Logan Harriman’s RBI ground-out.

Carl Junction closed to within 10-6 with single runs in the sixth and seventh but stranded four runners on base over the final three innings.

Helm finished with three hits, while Martin, Eliam and Price had two each to lead McDonald County. Adding one hit each were Gordon, Leach, Ruddick, Rickman and Lett.

McDonald County was at Nevada on July 6 before playing in a tournament in Joplin on July 9-13.

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 ?? ?? McDonald County second baseman Nevin Price forces out a Carl Junction runner before throwing on to first base for a double play during the McDonald County 18U baseball team’s 10-6 win over Carl Junction on July 1 at Joe Becker Stadium in Joplin.
McDonald County second baseman Nevin Price forces out a Carl Junction runner before throwing on to first base for a double play during the McDonald County 18U baseball team’s 10-6 win over Carl Junction on July 1 at Joe Becker Stadium in Joplin.
 ?? ?? McDonald County’s Bo Leach beats a throw at third base during the McDonald County 18U baseball team’s 10-6 win over Carl Junction on July 1 at Joe Becker Stadium in Joplin.
McDonald County’s Bo Leach beats a throw at third base during the McDonald County 18U baseball team’s 10-6 win over Carl Junction on July 1 at Joe Becker Stadium in Joplin.

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