Carthage falls 8-4 to Kickapoo
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Carthage High School's baseball team outhit Springfield Kickapoo High School 7-6 Tuesday but fell by a score of 8-4 to the Chiefs at KHS. Carthage (6-6) got on the board in the top of the first when Tate Nichols scored from third on a pickoff attempt of Blayne Lilienkamp at first base.
The Chiefs (8-6) tied the game in the bottom of the frame when Brody Wilson was hit by a pitch with bases loaded, scoring Nicholas Lipari. They claimed a 2-1 lead in the next at-bat when Brooks Eaton scored on a bases-loaded walk of Paxton Nelson. Kickapoo’s lead grew to 5-1 after plating three runs in the bottom of the second frame.
Lipari crushed a homer to center that scored Jaxon Hill, and Luke Scott sprinted home on a passed ball. The Chiefs added another trio of runs in the bottom of the third to take an 8-1 lead. Hill scored on an error, Lipari scored on a Scott single to left and Conner Smith drove in Scott with a sacrifice fly to center field.
Carthage was able to plate three runs in the top of the fifth to make it an 8-4 game. Landon West scored on an error, Nichols came home on a Cooper Jackson line drive single and Cooper Thorn drove in Lilienkamp with a ground ball single to short. Nichols went 2 for 3 with two runs to lead Carthage.
Jackson finished 2 for 3 with one RBI. Tigers starter Cohen Ochs gave up four runs on one hit while walking four in one inning of work. Lipari finished 2 for 3 with three RBIs and three runs for the Chiefs.