The Sutton Junior Legion baseball team entered the Class C, Area-4 district tournament Friday, July 11, with a 11-13-1 record and served as the fourth-seeded team overall, pitting the Mustangs against the fifth overall seed Wymore in the first round.
That opener proved to be a tough challenge, as Wymore, behind a five-run top half of the first inning, held on for a 7-3 win, sending Sutton into the loser’s bracket of the double- elimination tournament.
Sutton then faced BDS in an elimination game, Sunday, July 13, and held on for dear life in a high-scoring 16-10 win over BDS to remain alive in the tournament.
In the opener, Wymore’s five run barrage had Sutton on their heels throughout the rest of the game. Wymore moved the lead to 7-0 in the top of the sixth inning before Sutton could muster up their first runs of the game, scoring three times in the bottom of the sixth. Wymore held strong and dealt the Mustangs the tough four run loss.
Creighton Jones and Brody Borgmann came up with the only three hits in the game for Sutton, as Jones was 2-3 at the plate with a double and a single, while driving home one run. Borgmann delivered a double in the loss, as Wymore outhit Sutton 4-3 in the contest.
Cale Nuss was on the hill for four and two-thirds of an inning. Nuss gave up no walks, struck out five, and allowed just one run on two hits.
Jones worked the game on the mound for a third of an inning to start the game, walking four, and allowing five runs on one hit, while Michael Lockyear covered two innings in the game, walking three, striking out three, and allowing one run on one hit.
Sutton 3, Wymore 7 Wymore..................5 1 0 0 0 1 0 -7 Sutton.....................0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -3 AB R H RBI
Creighton Jones...........................3 1 2 1 Brody Borgmann.........................3 1 1 0 DJ Hajny.......................................1 0 0 0 Michael Lockyear........................1 0 0 0 Remington Behmerwohld.........2 0 0 1 Kaleb Ostrander..........................3 1 0 0 Aydan Banta................................3 0 0 1 Juan Reyes...................................3 0 0 0 Cale Nuss......................................4 0 0 0 Sutton Totals-.................... 23 3 3 3 Wymore Totals-.................. 25 7 4 5 Extra Base Hits: Sutton: Jones: 1-Double; Borgmann: 1-Double. Wymore: None.
Sutton’s much-needed bounceback win over BDS didn’t come without some tense moments Sunday, July 13, as BDS, after Sutton claimed a 5-0 lead after the top of the first, exploded for eight runs in the bottom half of the first to set the game at an 8-5 BDS lead.
The three-run lead for BDS held up through the second inning, before Sutton gained some insurance, scoring six times in the top of the third to post an 11-8 lead.
Sutton went on to outscore BDS 5-2 in the final four innings to claim the 16-10 win.
Sutton also held a strong 12-8 hitting advantage over BDS, with Jones carrying the big stick with a triple and a single to drive in four runs. Aydan Banta drove in two runs with a double and a single, while Remington Behmerwohld drove in one run with a pair of singles.
Everett Yost, DJ Hajny, Kaleb Ostrander, Lockyear, Nuss, and Brocdy Borgman added singles in the win, with Ostrander driving in three runs.
Ostrander worked the mound for six and a third inning, walking just one, while striking out six, while giving up six hits and the 10 BDS runs.
In relief, River Glinsmann worked two-thirds of an innings, striking out one and allowing two hits.
Sutton 16, BDS 10 Sutton..................... 5 0 6 1 0 3 1 -16 BDS......................... 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 -10 AB R H RBI
Creighton Jones...........................3 1 2 4 Aydan Banta................................3 3 2 2 Remington Behmerwohld.........4 3 2 1 Everett Yost.................................2 2 1 1 DJ Hajny.......................................2 1 1 1 Kaleb Ostrander..........................3 1 1 3 Michael Lockyear........................5 2 1 1 Cale Nuss......................................5 1 1 0 Brody Borgmann.........................6 1 1 1 Sutton Totals-.................... 33 15 12 14 BDS Totals-......................... 31 10 8 6 Extra Base Hits: Sutton: Jones: 1-Triple; Banta: 1-Double. BDS: 1-Home Run.
