Skylar Cobb and Alex Eichhorn homered to power the Scott City baseball team to victory in its season opener Friday.
Cobb and Landon Robert both finished with three RBIs in the Rams' 16-0 win against New Madrid.
Cobb went 3 for 3.
Jamie Scholz earned the win on the mound.
New Madrid 000 00 -- 0 2 2
Scott City 537 1x -- 16 14 0
WP -- Jamie Scholz, 1-0. LP -- Ash, 0-1. HR -- Skylar Cobb (SC), Alex Eichhorn (SC). 2B -- Cobb (SC), Chris Limbaugh (SC). Multiple hits -- Scott City: Cobb 3-3, Landon Robert 2-3, Limbaugh 2-3, Ryan Fortner 2-3, Scholz 2-3. Records -- Scott City 1-0, New Madrid 0-1.
Andrew Dooley struck out 11 in a losing effort for the Red Devils.
Alex Horton doubled for Chaffee (0-2), which was the home team even though the game was played at Charleston because of poor field conditions in Chaffee.
Charleston 100 110 0 -- 3 6 3
Chaffee 010 000 0 -- 1 3 2
WP -- James Naile. LP -- Andrew Dooley. 2B -- Ethan Browning (Charleston), Danny McKinney (Charleston), Alex Horton (Chaffee). Multiple hits -- Charleston: Browning 2-3, Records -- Charleston 2-1, Chaffee 0-2.
Mallory James knocked in four runs at the plate and picked up the win in the circle.
James went 3 for 3, while Shelbee Elfrink went 3 for 4 and Emily Elfrink added two hits in the win.
Leopold 1(14)5 -- 20 14 3
Richland 104 -- 5 5 2
WP -- Mallory James, 1-0. LP -- McCormick, 0-1. 2B -- James (L). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Shelbee Miller 3-4, Emily Elfrink 2-2, Mallory James 3-3, Kylie Stoverink 2-3. Records -- Leopold 1-0, Richland 0-1.
Lauren Hecht scored off a pass from Katie Winter for the Crusaders' lone goal.
-- From staff reports
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