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By: Zac Bottoms
Arkansas Scouting Director

North Little Rock High School 7 vs West Memphis High School 3

North Little Rock HS beat West Memphis HS 7-3 in a 7A-East match up. The victory gives the Wildcats room to breathe in the race for the state tournament.

West Memphis scored 3 runs in the 1^st, with a pair of triples and a walk. MIF Curtis Washington led the game off with a triple to right-center, followed by a walk by MIF Hayden Spears, both runners scored on 2015 MIF/C Cam Smith triple down the right field line. Smith scored on a groundball to short-stop by RHP Gray Fenter.

North Little Rock answered in the bottom of the 1^st off a 2017 MIF Reed Shepard single. Shepard stole second, advanced to third on a balk and scored on 2016 Ben Bailey single to right.

Bailey was in the mix again in the third as North Little Rock scratched across 2 runs to tie the game 3-3. Bailey walked to lead off the inning, advanced to second on 2016 RHP/INF Christian Goshen single. Bailey stole second and scored on a wild pitch. Goshen later scored on a groundball to short-stop.

North Little Rock scored 4 in the 4^th to take the lead for good. They did the biggest part of their damage via the short game, stealing 3 bags and scoring 2 runs on a squeeze play and an error.

2017 RHP Owen Stuckey picked up the win for the Wildcats pitching 5.3 innings in relief, allowing 0 runs and striking out 7.

2015 RHP Gray Fenter, took the loss for West Memphis, pitching 5 innings, allowing 4 earned runs on 7 hits while striking out 10.

Scores

Benton HS 1	Arkansas HS 0
Cabot HS 6	Central HS 0
Catholic HS 16	Pulaski Academy HS 5
Fountain Lake HS 7	Mena HS 6
Genoa Central HS 12	Prescott HS 1
Green Forest HS 11	Marshall HS 1
Lakeside HS 7	Hot Springs HS 3
Little Rock Christian HS 12	Morrilton HS 0
Little Rock Christian HS 9	Morrilton HS 0
Malvern HS 9	Waldron HS 6
Mountain View HS 15	Valley Springs HS 5
Russellville HS 1	Greenwood HS 0
Searcy HS 4	Mountain Home HS 2
Smackover HS 12	McGehee HS 0
White Hall HS 6	Watson Chapel HS 5

 

 

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