MARCELINE — With their “best” lineup available and in action, the Marceline High School golf Tigers used very good play up and down that lineup to slip past tough Westran and win the championship of the Marceline Invitational Tournament last Wednesday.
SALISBURY — Down 2-1 after an inning, Marceline’s Drake Stufflebean singled in Jaxon Schmitt, who had singled, to tie the game in the top of the second and scored a short time later on Canaan Wright’s infield hit to put the Tigers on top, where they easily stayed in what ended as a 15-2 5-innings victory over host Salisbury in Lewis and Clark Conference high school baseball last Thursday.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hunter Dozier homered to break a tie in the sixth, and lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 win over the Detroit Tigers last Saturday, salvaging one victory from the series for the Royals.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyrone Taylor hit a two-run double in the seventh inning to give Milwaukee a cushion, and the Brewers outlasted Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 Sunday, leaving the teams with a split of their 4-games series.
BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox manager Alex Cora confirmed Sunday that Boston expects to be without multiple unvaccinated players for next week’s 4-games series at Toronto. Starting pitcher Tanner Houck told the Boston Globe on Sunday that he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and won't pitch during the series which will begin next Monday.
BROOKFIELD — After a good first inning, defensive difficulties quickly developed for the Brookfield High School baseball Bulldogs and put them behind as they hosted the Macon Tigers in Clarence Cannon Conference competition last Thursday at the BHS diamond.
CHILLICOTHE — In calmer-than-usual and relatively-mild weather at Chillicothe’s municipal Green Hills Golf Course Monday, the host Hornets stretched their season-opening string of dual-match wins to five with a 190-228 stroll past visiting Brookfield.
I hope all area turkey hunters have done their scouting and found some gobbling turkeys that could be huntable, because Missouri’s annual spring turkey season opens a half-hour before sunrise Monday.
LANCASTER — Even with an efficient, “small-ball” start which gave them a quick lead, things didn’t look promising for the Marceline High School baseball Tigers after one inning Monday. Host Schuyler County countered the MHS run constructed on Wyatt Molloy’s game-starting single, two steals, and a run-scoring groundout by Nathan Cupp by getting its first four batters aboard safely and, with the aid of a couple of MHS miscues, hanging a 5-spot on the scoreboard as it batted around in its opening frame.