Photo: Ivan Schuster with a big swing in the home game with Flagstaff
The Prescott Badgers came up short on the road as the Flagstaff Eagles held on to a 7-6 win. The Badgers put up 14 on the scoreboard at home on Tuesday, but were slow to get the offense going.
Flagstaff took a 3-0 lead after four innings, all unearned runs off of starter Travis Gates. The Badgers fielding woes allowed for a total of four unearned runs in the contest.
The Eagles took a 6-0 lead with three more in the fifth inning as Parker Reed came into relieve William Horn to close out the inning.
The Badgers offense was finally able to get something going in the top of the sixth. Ivan Schuster, Nick Martin, and Luke Tobin all scored as Prescott cut the deficit in half 6-3.
Flagstaff managed to get what would turn out to be a big run in the bottom of the sixth, the fourth unearned run of the game for the Eagles.
Trailing 7-3, the Badgers made it as close as you could possibly get. A single, a hit batter, and three consecutive walks with RBIs by Nick Martin and Adrian Sanderford, cut the deficit to 7-5. Still with no outs, a sharply hit ground ball allowed the Eagles to turn a double play as another run would score to make it 7-6. A strikeout ended the game with the game tying run at third.
It was a very tough loss for the Badgers, who going into this game were sitting tied at the top of the Grand Canyon Region with the Bradshaw Mountain Bears.
The latest 4A Division rankings saw the Badgers slip from #4 to #11 with the loss. Flagstaff moved up from #22 to #19.
After a Monday game in Cottonwood versus Mingus, the Badgers return home on Tuesday to face the Bears at 3pm.
FLAGSTAFF EAGLES 7, PRESCOTT BADGERS 6
Innings- 123 456 7 – R H E
Prescott 000 003 3 – 6 7 4
Flagstaff 001 231 x – 7 8 1
WP:Iniguez
LP:Gates
GRAND CANYON REGION STANDINGS
School- W-L W-L
Bradshaw Mountain 8-1 17-4
Prescott 7-2 12-5
Flagstaff 6-4 15-9
Lee Williams 6-4 9-10
Coconino 4-5 8-13
Mingus 3-6 8-14
Mohave 0-12 5-20
SCOREBOARD
Flagstaff 7, Prescott 6
Bradshaw Mountain 10, Coconino 0
Lee Williams 6, Mohave 3
Mica Mountain 5, Mingus 0
Chino Valley 11, Parker 4
Coconino at Bradshaw Mountain
The Bears returned home and took care of the Coconino Panthers 10-0 to split the season series after a 12-1 loss to the Panthers in Flagstaff.
Dylan Lockwood went three for three, scoring three times with two RBIs. Garison Jones had a single and three RBIs. Isaiah Avila had two RBIs. Drew Strader, Dylan Williams, and Ty Young all had doubles with Williams picking up an RBI.
Jeremy Reynolds picked up the win allowing just two hits through three innings with a pair of strikeouts. Caden Randall and Dylan Reid followed to keep the shut out intact.
After reaching as high as #3, Bradshaw Mountain now sits at #6 in the 4A Division rankings while Coconino is at #27 and fell to (4-5) in the Grand Canyon Region and has an overall record of (8-13).
The Bears improved to (8-1) in the GCR and (17-4) overall, will host Paradise Honors at 1pm on Saturday.
BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN BEARS 10, COCONINO PANTHERS 0
Innings- 123 456 – R H E
Coconino 000 000 – 0 3 0
Bradshaw Mountain 240 031 – 10 12 2
WP:Reynolds
LP:Begay
Parker at Chino Valley
Caden Todd had two hits including a triple with three RBIs to lead the Cougars to an 11-4 win over the Parker Broncs.
Jacob Boivin went the distance on the mound for the win with eight strikeouts. Boivin also helped his cause at the plate scoring twice with two hits and an RBI. Kaden Pickett and Hudson Sapko each had a hit and two RBIs. Luke Olsen had two hits and scored a run.
Parker fell to (1-7) in the 3A West Standings and (5-10) overall, while the Cougars improved to (3-6) and (7-10).
Chino Valley will host Tonopah Valley on Monday at 1pm.
CHINO VALLEY COUGARS 11, PARKER BRONCS 4
Innings- 123 456 7 – R H E
Parker 020 200 0 – 4 5 2
Chino Valley 341 210 x – 11 10 0
WP:Boivin
LP:N/A
3A WEST STANDINGS
School- W-L W-L
Yuma Catholic 9-0 20-1
River Valley 9-3 13-5
Kingman 6-3 16-4
ALA-West Foothills 5-3 15-6
Odyssey Institute 4-5 6-8
Tonopah Valley 3-4 9-9
Chino Valley 3-6 7-10
Parker 1-7 5-10
Highland Prep 0-8 0-10
