PARAGOULD -- The Blytheville ANC Casons defeated the Missouri Jayhawks, 7-2, Saturday, then followed that with a 6-2 win over Marion in the Paragould tournament.
On Friday, the Casons fell to Jackson, Mo. 6-4, in the tournament.
Blytheville 6, Marion 2
The Casons broke a 2-2 tie in the top of the seventh by exploding for four runs in the final inning, then held off Marion in the home half to claim the victory.
After leading off the game with a walk, Blytheville's Jamal Washington scored the first run and the score remained 1-0 until the Casons' Michael Miller (single) crossed the plate in the fourth inning.
Marion scored one in the fifth and another in the sixth to knot it up, 2-2, before Blytheville's big seventh.
Tayler Jolly earned the win on the mound for the Casons. Leading Blytheville at the plate were Washington (1-3, run), Ricky Gable (1-3, run), Brady Jones (1-1, run), Will Camp (1-3), Jake Westmoreland (1-4), Michael Miller (1-3, run), Tay Hopper (1-4) and Tayler Jolly (2-3).
Blytheville 7,
Missouri Jayhawks 2
Brady Jones got the Casons going against the Jayhawks, blasting a home run in the first inning to help Blytheville to a 2-1 lead after one inning.
The Casons scored three more in the second, getting doubles from Jones and Seth Hill, to take a 5-1 lead.
The Jayhawks scored once in the third to cut it to three, but the Casons answered with two in the fourth inning, highlighted by a two-out, two-run triple from Ty Wagganer. Taylor Hopper earned the win for Blytheville.
Leading the Casons at the plate were Jamal Washington (3-4, three runs), Ricky Gable (1-4, a run), Jones (2-3, two runs, HR), Wagganer (1-2, double), Justin Mann (1-3), Ethan Ballard (1-3), Hill (1-2, run).
Jackson, Mo. 6, Blytheville 4
Blytheville had runners on second and third in the top of the seventh, but the Casons were unable to push across the two runs.
The two teams were tied, 1-1, going into the second inning, when Jackson plated three runs to go ahead by three.
Blytheville battled back with two in the third, when Jones (two-out double) and Tayler Jolly (lead-off single) both scored. Jackson matched that with two of its own to rebuild the lead to 6-3.
The Casons rallied for a run in the top of the fifth, when Gable drew a one-out walk and scored when Wagganer singled on a two-out, 2-2 pitch.
Wagganer finished 3-4 to lead the Casons at the plate. Gable and Jones were both 2-4, Hopper went 2-3 and Will Camp and Jolly chipped in a hit apiece.
The Casons (12-5, 7-2 Zone 2) are scheduled to host the Jonesboro Ricemen at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex, looking to avenge a 9-5 loss on June 27 in Jonesboro.
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