BASEBALL: Verdigris goes 2-1 over spring break
Spring break offered Verdigris baseball both reassurance and some turbulence. The Cardinals [8-2] showed their offensive depth and late-game toughness in two victories before running into a Choctaw surge that snapped their momentum, finishing the three-game stretch with a 2-1 record. VERDIGRIS 8, SEQUOYAH 0 Back-to-back extra-base hits in the sixth inning delivered the final blow as Verdigris ...
Spring break offered Verdigris baseball both reassurance and some turbulence. The Cardinals [8-2] showed their offensive depth and late-game toughness in two victories before running into a Choctaw surge that snapped their momentum, finishing the three-game stretch with a 2-1 record. VERDIGRIS 8, SEQUOYAH 0 Back-to-back extra-base hits in the sixth inning delivered the final blow as Verdigris pulled away for an 8-0 victory Monday over Sequoyah.
Mac West paced the Cardinals’ offense with 3 hits and 2 RBIs, while Barrett Marlow added 2 RBIs of his own. On the mound, Boston Acosta was dominant, striking out 7 over 6 shutout innings. Verdigris opened the scoring in the first when Ethan Hushbeck raced home on a passed ball.
The Cardinals manufactured two more runs in the second. Conner Stump grounded into a fielder’s choice that scored Hunter Attaway before Korbin Ballinger laid down a sacrifice bunt that plated Stump for a 3-0 lead. West extended the margin in the third with an RBI single to center that scored Ian Lane.
Verdigris continued to tack on runs. Marlow singled in Bosten Sherman in the fourth, Acosta lifted a sacrifice fly to score Hushbeck in the fifth and the Cardinals sealed the shutout in the sixth when Marlow doubled home Ballinger before West followed with an RBI double to bring Marlow home. VERDIGRIS 7, DALE 3 A tense pitchers’ duel turned decisively in Verdigris’ favor when the Cardinals erupted for 4 runs in the seventh to defeat Dale 7-3 Thursday at the Edmond Spring Break Festival.