The Cape Girardeau Commerce Bank Babe Ruth White Sox used just nine hits to beat Jackson 21-10 in seven innings Wednesday at Cape Central.
Commerce Bank scored 17 runs in the second inning to take control and improve to 8-7 overall.
Jonathon Caldwell had two hits, including a three-run double, and hurled 1-2/3 innings of relief for the win. C.J Logan also had two hits, including a three-run homer in the second. Matt Brandt added two hits.
Cape Jr. Legion splits
The Cape SEMO Bank Junior Legion spilt a doubleheader with Chaffee late Tuesday night at Capaha Field.
SEMO Bank (13-10, 9-2) rallied from an 8-1 deficit in the fifth inning of the first game for a 9-8 win. Chaffee won the nightcap 15-6.
Cape's Tom Wencewicz ripped a two-out, two-run triple to complete a seven-run seventh inning in the first game to tie the score 8-8. He had three of Cape's 13 hits. Matt Bollinger doubled in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth.
John Snider hurled a scoreless eighth for the win.
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