Boston Dowd hit a bloop single to drive in a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh to give the McDonald County 18U baseball team a 2-1 walk-off win over Seneca on June 7 at McDonald County High School.
The two runs made a winner of Grant Cooper, who allowed just one run on four hits in seven innings. Cooper struck out two and walked two, allowing a fourth-inning run on a home run.
Cooper started the winning rally in the seventh with a two-out walk. Ty Shaver doubled to put runners on second and third, setting the stage for Dowd's game winner.
McDonald County was held to just a fourth-inning single by Oakley Roessler before Shaver and Dowd had hits in the seventh.
McDonald County scored eight runs in the first inning of the nightcap to claim a 13-4 win. Reece Cooper shut out Seneca over first two innings before Dowd worked a scoreless third. Trey Black allowed four runs in the fourth before Roessler came in to get the final three outs.
Six walks, two hit batters and singles by Shaver and Dowd keyed McDonald County's big first inning.
McDonald County added four runs in the second on hits from Dowd and Izak Johnson along with two hit batters and two walks.
McDonald County scored its final run in the third on a single from Joe Brown, a walk and an error.
Dowd finished with two hits while Shaver, Johnson and Brown had one each to lead McDonald County.
Exeter
McDonald County swept a doubleheader at Exeter on June 8 for its seventh win in eight games to improve to 7-5 for the season.
McDonald County won the opener 13-1 behind the pitching of Charlie Moore. Moore allowed one run on one hit in four innings.
Johnson bettered Moore's performance in the second game, shutting out Exeter on one hit in four innings.
Roessler led the offense with three hits on the night while Shaver and Brown had two each. Johnson, Black and Reece Cooper had one hit each while Bucky Harrell added a two-run triple.
McDonald County was at Neosho before returning home to host Carthage on June 15.
Sports on 06/15/2017