Heading into the bottom of the second the game was scoreless.
Cole Priggel led off with a walk, went to second on Jacob Shoemaker's sacrifice bunt. He moved on
to third when Ty Johnson reached safely, following a throwing error by the shortstop.
Cole would score on sophomore Kole Simm's safety squeeze bunt. Ty would score with two outs from second after big brother Layne singled to right.
Unfortunately, the Eagle defense let the older Johnson down in the third.
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| Cole Priggel avoids the tag after Kole Simms squeeze bun |
East Prairie used a single sandwiched between two errors followed by a sacrifice fly and an rbi groundout to tie the game at two.
They took the lead in the fourth, after a lead-off error, a single and a passed ball.
Oran tied it in the bottom half of the fourth.
Shoemaker led off with a double and scored one out later when Simms singled to right. Simms was thrown out trying to advance to second.
Oran pushed across its final run in the fifth.
With one out, Todd Priggel doubled into the gap in right-center. He was there with two outs when Clay Sauceda singled to left. Priggel was waved home. The throw beat him by a wide margin, but the umpires ruled he had been obstructed by the third baseman and the run counted. Sauceda ended up at second but was stranded there.
Meanwhile, Johnson was in the middle of retiring 10 in a row on the mound.
In the seventh, he struck out the first batter he faced, before allowing a single to shallow center. After another strikeout, the base runner wandered too far off base and was picked off after a run down.
Johnson went seven innings to pick up the win, he is now 2-1. He allowed three runs, none earned, to lower his era to 1.17. He allowed three hits, struck out nine and did not walk a batter. He hit one, with one out in the first, and he was promptly erased thanks to an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play.
Todd Priggel and Kole Simms each had two hits for Oran. They each had a double, as did Shoemaker. Simms drove in two with his first start as designated hitter.
Oran only managed seven hits on the day. Coach Joe Bickings commented on the lack of offense, "With both teams coming in not playing for about two weeks I didn’t expect much offense because none of us have seen live pitching or been able to get outside to practice. Our hitting isn’t the greatest right now. We have some kids that are struggling but it’s tough on them because there hasn’t been any rhythm to the season and we haven’t been able to see enough live pitching."
"What we have been able to do is let our pitchers throw to keep their arms in shape. Layne was able to toe the rubber and pitch a great game for us and give us a chance to win. We had some miscues that led to them scoring their runs but those things happen and we were able to shake it off and battle back to win the game," he continued.
With the victory, Oran is now 3-3 and 1-0 in Scott-Miss play.
They are scheduled to play Scott City today at Scott City Park following a game between the Rams and Bell City that will begin at 4. We are hoping our game can start by 6:30.
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