Prep Baseball
Rogers High 2, Palmer, Colo., 1
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Derek Sallee and Nolan Farnan combined to hold Palmer, Colo., High School to three hits and no earned runs and lead the Rogers High Mountaineers to an eight-inning victory in the first pool game of the All-Star Division of the Coach Bob Invitational Tournament on Monday.
Rogers (5-2) surrendered an unearned run in the second inning, but that was all Palmer could manage against Mountie pitching. Sallee started and went five innings, allowing just three hits and no walks. He struck out three. Farnan relieved him in the sixth and pitched three perfect innings, striking out five of the nine batters he faced.
Rogers, trailing 1-0 entering the top of the sixth, tied the game when they loaded the bases with no outs, and Brett Gentz drove in Timmy Seldomridge with a fielder's choice.
After going down in order in the top of the seventh, Rogers took the lead in the eighth when Seldomridge led off with a triple and scored on Zach Arrick's ground out.
That's all Farnan needed as he retired Palmer in order in the bottom of the inning.
Rogers will play Pinnacle High School of Phoenix at 3:30 p.m. today in the second pool game of the tournament.
Bentonville 17, Russellville, Ala., 3
Kane Koenigseder hit a grand slam to highlight an 11-run outburst in the third inning, and Carter Brown added a three-run blast as Bentonville opened play in the Gulf Shores Classic 2 with a rout of Russellville at Baldwin County High School in Bay Minette, Ala.
Koenigseder also had an RBI triple to start the third-inning scoring for the Tigers (7-1). Bentonville combined five hits with four walks, two hit batters and an error to manufacture the runs, while Brown belted his home run in the fifth to complete the blowout.
Preston Rosales (3-0) threw three innings of one-hit ball to pick up the victory as the right-hander struck out two and walked two. Cody Scroggins went 2-for-2 and drove in four runs, while Troy Cahill and Ben Nordin each had two hits and drove in a run.
Bentonville returns to action at 11:30 a.m. today against Hillcrest, Ala., at the Gulf Shores Sportsplex in Gulf Shores, Ala.
Pea Ridge 14, Gentry 4
Hitting: Pea Ridge; Canaday (4-4, 4 RBIs), Davis (2-4).
Pitching: Pea Ridge; Ivy (W, 3IP, H, ER); Gentry, Clark (L, 2IP, 6 ER, 6 H).
Saturday
Fayetteville 2, Bishop Gorman 1
Andy Pagnozzi allowed no runners to get past second base in the first five innings and gave up just one run on five hits in 5 2/3 total innings of work. Drew Tyler hit a two-run home run in the top of the second as Fayetteville opened play at the Coach Bob Tournament in Arizona with a win Saturday against nationally ranked Las Vegas (Nev.) Bishop Gorman.
Bishop Gorman is ranked No. 8 by Max Preps, No. 12 by Baseball America and No. 50 by Perfect Game.
Kyle Pate pitched the final 1 1/3 innings for his first save of the season. Pate allowed one hit and struck out four batters. Grant Koch had two hits for Fayetteville (5-2), and Tyler also had a double to go along with his game-winning home run.
Friday
Pea Ridge 10, Wheaton, Mo., 2
Hitting: Pea Ridge, Davis (3-4, 2B, 2RBIs), Brumley (3-4, 3B), Wichert (2-4, 2B, 2RBIs); Wheaton, Hickman (2-4, 1RBI).
Pitching: Pea Ridge, Wright (w, 3.1IP, 0ER, 6Ks); Wheaton, Robbins (L, 6IP, 8ER, 5BB, 4Ks).
Prep Softball
Rain Halts Fayetteville-Farmington Invitational
Mena had cleared its way through the top of the winner's bracket and was awaiting an opponent in the Fayetteville-Farmington Invitational finals, when rain forced tournament play to be called off Saturday.
Farmington was one of the teams in a fight out of the consolation bracket hoping to play Mena in the championship. The Lady Cardinals opened the tournament with a 4-2 win over Greenwood on Friday, then defeated Pottsville 8-4 on Saturday, getting a home run and four RBIs from Jordin Smith in the win.
An 11-2 loss to Conway put Farmington (7-3) in an elimination game against Greenbrier, but the game wasn't concluded because of weather.
Fayetteville, the other co-host of the tournament, finished 1-2 on the weekend. The Lady Bulldogs (7-4) opened with a 6-0 loss to Booneville on Friday, then bounced back with a 3-1 win against 7A/6A-West Conference rival Rogers High on Saturday. In the win against the Lady Mounties, Maggie Mabry pitched five innings and allowed just six hits with two strikeouts.
Fayetteville closed the tournament with a 7-2 loss against Booneville, while Rogers bounced back from two losses to open the tournament with a 7-0 win against Cabot in its second game Saturday. Haylee Zimmermann allowed just one hit in four innings in the circle for the Lady Mounties in the win over Cabot, and both Ryan Vaughn and Kylan Hensley had two hits in the game.
College Baseball
Eccelsia College 14, Southwest Christian 11
Game 1
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Hitting: EC, Sifuentes (2-5, 3 2B, 3 runs), Naifeh (3-5, 2 runs), VanPoucke (2-5 2 2B, 2 RBIs), Perez (2-4, 2 runs, 2 2B), Rosas (3-3, 3 2B, 2 RBIs); SC, Sprinkle (3-4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBIs).
Pitching: EC, Southerland (3.1IP, 1ER, 7Ks), Dawes (W, 1IP, 0ER); SC, Heathman (6IP, 10H, 3ER).
Game 2
Southwest Christian 5, Ecclesia College 4
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Hitting: EC, Sifuentes (2-3, RBI), Naifeh (2-4, RBI); SC, Graham (3-3).
Pitching: EC, Sifuentes (5.2IP, 1ER, 5Ks), Halbert (L, 1IP, 2H, 2R); SC, Meacham (W, 1.1IP, 5H, 1ER), Parks (5IP, 3H, 3Ks, 4BB).
Sports on 03/25/2014