Razorback teams post victories
The defending tournament champion Red River Credit Union/TABA Razorbacks started the Brandon Warren Razorback Invitational in dominant fashion, run-ruling the Renegades, 8-0, behind Hunter Lewis’ stellar outing on the hill Friday at Joe Blagg Field.
Earlier in Pool A, Southern Athletics nipped Camden Pulpwood, 2-0.
In Pool B at George Dobson, the Texarkana Bulldogs edged the Arkansas Titans, 3-2, and the Okmulgee Twins topped THA Stix, 7-4.
In Pool C at Texas High’s Tiger Field, the Texarkana Razorbacks AA team hammered
Camden Harmony Grove AA, 15-0. The East Texas Broncos saw a 7-3 lead disappear in the 7th inning and went into extra innings against the Arkadelphia Badgers, who came back to win 8-7 in the bottom of the 9th.
Pool A Texarkana Razorbacks 8, Renegades 0
Lewis allowed just 2 hits over five innings during a opening 8-run rule victory over the Renegades.
Lewis struck out nine and walked one to earn his second win of the summer for the Razorbacks.
Jacob Bobbitt suffered the loss, being touched up for seven hits and seven runs—six earned—in three innings of work. Bobbitt struck out five and walked one.
The Hogs started early, Riley Orr grounding a simgle up the middle to lead off the bottom of the first. Orr moved from first to third on John Michael Russ’ low liner past the second baseman, and a throw to third advanced Russ.
Tyler Moreland picked up the RBI on a groundout to second, and Bobbitt struck out the next batter to strand a runner at third.
Texarkana batted around in the second, plating six more on five hits and an error.
Logan Vidrine lined a leadoff single to left, and Tanner Vaught bounced an infield hit up the middle. Kade Garmany’s bunt down the third-base line went for a base hit to load the bases.
Orr plated a run on a fielder’s choice, which was mishandled for a run-scoring error to make it 3-0. A walk loaded the bases again, and Russ doubled in another pair of runs.
Tyler Moreland followed with a 2-run double to the wall in left but was thrown out attempting to stretch his hit into a triple.
The Razorbacks left one on in the third and a pair on base in the fourth.
Vidrine legged out an infield hit to start the fifth. Vaught lined a single to left, and a throwing error allowed Vidrine to race all the way home on Garmany’s fielder’s choice, ending the game on the run-rule. Renegades 000 00 — 0 2 2 Texarkana Razorbacks 160 01 — 8 10 1 No outs when game called, 8-run rule. Jacob Bobbitt, Josue Rae (4) and Trace Smith. Hunter Lewis and Kade Garmany. WP-Lewis. LP-Bobbitt.
S. Athletics 2, Camden Pulpwood 0
Bailey Obenoskey pitched six innings of 3-hit ball, and Landen Kimbro delivered a pair of RBI hits to help Southern Athletics top Camden Pulpwood in the opening game of Pool A.
Obenoskey struck out four and walked one. Landon Rutledge picked up the save, allowing one hit in his one inning of relief.
Southpaw Drake Streeter absorbed the loss, allowing two earned runs on six hits over five innings. Streeter struck out seven and walked three, and Darien Burns gave up a pair of hits and fanned four, walking a pair.
SA stranded 10 on base—half in scoring position.
The Texarkana-based baseball academy team had a runner thrown out at the plate in each the first and second innings.
In the third, Gunner Halter lined a 2-out double to the wall in left, and Kimbro grounded a single into left on a hit-and-run to easily score Halter.
In the fifth inning, Kimbro smashed a 2-out triple into the right-center power alley to drive in Bo McEntire, who had walked earlier in the inning.
Halter was 3 for 4 with a double, Kimbro 2 for 4 with a triple and 2 RBI, and Bo McEntire 2 for 3.
Jordan Reed doubled for Pulpwood, but he was thrown out at third, attempting to stretch his hit to right into a triple. Streeter was the only other Camden player to move past first. He singled in the third, was bunted to second and stole third before a groundout ended the threat. Southern Athletics 001 010 0 — 2 8 0 Camden Pulpwood 000 000 0 — 0 4 2 Bailey Obenoskey, Landon Rutledge (7) and Bo McEntire. Drake Streeter, Darien Burns (6) and Jake Bever. WP-Obenoskey. LP-Streeter.
Pool B Texarkana Bulldogs 3, Arkansas Titans 2
Jakob Hearne was 2 for 3 with an RBI as the Texarkana Bulldogs edged the Arkansas Titans at George Dobson Field.
Relief Bulldog pitcher Hayden Hackett threw two innings, got the win, allowed one hit, struck out four and walked a pair.
Starting Texarkana pitcher Slayton Holland scattered four hits in three innings, walked one and allowed two runs.
Titan starter Tucker Mann took the loss, pitched 4 2/3 innings, fanned six, walked a pair, and allowed three runs on six hits.
With one out in the fourth, the Bulldogs’ Triston Brooks singled up the middle and was replaced by courtesy runner Jacoby Ross. Ross was called safe at second after Bryan Moore’s fielder’s choice ground ball.
Ross stole third and scored on an RBI single down the first-base line by Jake Thompson to make it 2-1 in favor of the Titans. Moore scored on a passed ball to tie the game at 2-all.
Texarkana’s Chris Lyles led off the fifth with a single down the third-base line and moved up to second on a sacrifice bunt by Hearne. Lyles stole third and scored on an infield single by Moore; it would be the winning run.
Bulldog relief pitcher Thompson tossed the final two frames, had five Ks, allowed a hit, walked one and hit a batter.
In the other pool game, Okmulgee beat THA Stix, 7-4. Arkansas Titans 100 100 0—2 6 2 Texarkana Bulldogs 000 210 x—3 6 1 Tucker Mann, Logan Huneycutt (5) and Dakotah Stafford. Slayton Holland, Hayden Hackett (4), Jake Thompson (6) and Triston Brooks. WP-Hackett. LP-Mann.#
Pool C Arkadelphia Badgers 8, East Texas Broncos 7
It was a battle to the end. Arkadelphia fought back to win 8-7 after nine innings of play at Tiger Field at Texas High.
East Texas dominated the game early, putting up four runs in the third frame.
The Broncos made quick work of the Badgers in the first two innings, allowing only two hits and no runs.
It was Carson Smith’s third inning single to right that started Arkadelphia’s slow crawl back into the game, trailing East Texas 4-1.
The Badgers cut the margin to two in the next inning as Turner Pentecost was batted home by Alec Ruble with a hit to left field.
A costly error by the Badgers in the fifth inning allowed Cody Roberson to get on base for East Texas. A way home for Roberson was provided by a Carter Duncan bullet past the pitcher to make the contest 5 to 2.
Joe Rocole smashed a single to right to bring Alec Lewis across the plate for Arkadelphia, decreasing the game the two one more.
Right on cue the Broncos bucked back with two runs, Marquiz Estell and Isaac Whittington to make it 7-3 in favor of East Texas.
The Badgers were prevented from crossing home plate in the sixth.
The fourth inning gave Arkadelphia the momentum it needed to tie things up 7-7 in the seventh and force extra innings; all four runs scored came off walks with bases loaded. Dalton Guthrie and Pentecost had the only two singles of the inning.
The match stayed knotted till the 9th when Lewis hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score Smith. East Texas Broncos 004 012 000—7 Arkadelphia Badgers 001 110 401—8 Two outs when winning run scored. Parker Tisdale, Kyle Krieger (5), Carter Duncan (7) and Kade Brooks. Alec Lewis, Carson Smith (4), Joe Rocole (6), Turner Pentecost (6) and Alec Ruble. WP-Pentecost. LP- Duncan.