SENATH, Mo. - Dunklin County Legion moved one step closer to another district title with a 6-0 win against Cape Girardeau Legion in an opening round game at the District 14 tournament Thursday night.
Tyson Campbell earned a complete-game win for Dunklin County on the hill. Campbell allowed five hits in nine innings of work. He struck out nine and walked three.
"I thought Tyson was really good tonight," Dunklin County coach Jamie Johnson said. "He located well. They've got a good hitting lineup and I thought he was in command most of the night and stayed ahead of hitters. When you do things like that our defense can handle things a little easier and overall it was a good night for him."
Campbell allowed a single hit in five different innings, but never allowed multiple hits in a frame.
Jackson vs. Sikeston Legion
No. 2 seeded Jackson Legion beat No. 3 seeded Sikeston Legion 7-1 in the other first round game Thursday.
Cody Heisserer allowed only two hits in eight innings pitched for Jackson. Heisserer struck out 17.
Jackson led 4-0 after two innings.
Chase Simmons drove home Jackson's first run in the bottom of the first inning with a sacrifice fly. Trent Wills collected an RBI on sacrifice fly in the bottom of the second inning.
Steven Porzelt finished 4 for 5 for Jackson with an RBI single in the second and sixth.
Sikeston: 15-14.
Friday's Schedule
Dunklin County (23-10) will play Jackson (36-7) in a winner's bracket game Friday at 4:30 p.m. at Senath.
"It's us and Jackson," Johnson said. "We'll see what happens. I'm sure he [Jackson coach Mark Lewis] will have a good one [pitcher] going and we'll have a good one going too. We don't know who we are going with yet, but this time of year everybody has got to be ready to go so we'll just see what happens Friday."
Cape Girardeau (19-23) will meet Sikeston (15-14) in an elimination game of the four-team double-elimination tournament Friday at 7:30 p.m.
"We played them four times and split with them," Leiser said. "We swept them at their place and they swept us at our place. We know quite a bit about them and have a good idea who they are throwing and what they are all about. They've been playing really good ball and if we don't come with our best game we'll be playing next spring I guess."
Charleston, E.P. collect wins at Sr. Babe Ruth state tournament
RACHEL CRADER
SEMO News Service
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The host Charleston Fighting Squirrels got off to an impressive start at the Senior Babe Ruth baseball state tournament Thursday night, beating Leopold 10-0 in five innings.
Charleston (42-9) scored two unearned runs off Leopold starter Justin Landewee, an all-state selection from Notre Dame, in the bottom of the second inning then added four runs on four hits in the fourth and another four runs in the fifth.
Eric Urhahn, Jake Dobbelare and Josh Douglas each had one hit for Leopold.
Cord Sheehy went 2-3 with an RBI for Charleston and stole home for his team's second run in the second inning.
Caleb McCord and Tyler Anderson both collected two RBIs.
Charleston will face Potosi at 7:30 p.m. today while Leopold will face either Poplar Bluff or Mineral Area at noon on Saturday in the 10-team, double-elimination tournament.
Leopold 000 00 -- 0 3 4
Charleston 020 44 -- 10 8 3
WP -- Trey Tigart. LP -- Justin Landewee. 2B -- Caleb McCord (C). Multiple hits -- Charleston: Cody Sheehy 2-3.
East Prairie 15, Jackson 13
Jackson scored seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take a four run lead, but East Prairie answered with nine runs in the top of the seventh on its way to a 15-13 win in the opening round.
Nathan Hurst and Marc Rivas both had two hits and three RBIs for Jackson. Ethan Mirly was 3 for 3 with a double.
Jackson will face the loser of today's game between Arch City and Oran at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.
East Prairie 012 030 9 -- 15 12 4
Jackson 201 007 3 -- 13 13 4
WP -- Levi Branam. LP -- Tyler Bohnert. 3B -- Nathan Hurst (J). 2B -- Nathan Maynard (EP), Matt Doris (EP), Cameron Duke (J), Ethan Mirly (J). Multiple hits -- East Prairie: David Wells 2-4, Mack Marcum 2-5, Doris 2-3, Seth Bays 2-4; Jackson: Nathan Hurst 2-5, Marc Rivas 2-4, Conrad Bonney 2-4, Duke 2-3, Mirly 3-3.
View the upcoming tournament schedule below:
Friday, July 19
Game 3: Poplar Bluff vs. Mineral Area, noon
Game 4: Arch City vs. Oran, 2:30 p.m.
Game 5: Boonville vs. East Prairie, 5
Game 6: Potosi vs. Charleston, 7:30
Saturday, July 20
Game 7: Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 2, noon
Game 8: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 4, 2:30 p.m.
Game 9: Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 5, 5
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 6, 7:30
Sunday, July 21
Game 11: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5, noon
Game 12: Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 4, 2:30
Game 13: Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 11, 5
Game 14: Winner Game 9 vs. Loser Game 12, 7:30
Monday, July 22
Game 15: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 2:30 p.m.
Game 16: Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 13, 5
Game 17: Loser Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16, 7:30
Tuesday, July 23
Game 18: Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 17, 6 p.m.
Game 19: Loser Game 18 vs. Winner Game 18, TBA (if-necessary