Potosi eliminates Jackson Sr. Babe Ruth from tourney

Southeast Missourian

The Jackson Senior Babe Ruth baseball team's season came to an end at the state tournament Saturday night.

Jackson lost to Potosi 11-7 at Hillhouse Park in Charleston, Mo. Jackson scored all of its runs in the fifth and sixth innings.

Matt Ezzell was 1 for 4 with two RB1s for Jackson while Carson Crosnoe, Ethan Mirly, Conrad Bonney and Tyler Bohnert all collected a hit each as well.

Jackson advanced earlier in the day by defeating Arch City 14-12.

Gabe Bohnert was 3 for 4 in the win with four RBIs. He homered and tripled.

Bonney and Tyler Dowdy were both 2 for 4 with an RBI, and Cameron Duke was 2 for 3.

The Leopold Razorback's season also came to an end at the tournament after a 13-3 loss to Mineral Area in five innings on Saturday.

Eric Urhahn, who was 2 for 3 with a double at the plate, took the loss after allowing six runs in 1 1/3 innings pitched.

Josh Douglas had a double and a triple in his two at-bats for Leopold.

The host Charleston Fighting Squirrels, which handed Leopold its first loss of the tournament on Thursday, will face the SEMO Strokers, a team based in Oran at 2:30 p.m. today in a winner's bracket game. The loser of that game will face Mineral Area in an elimination game at 7:30 p.m. today while the winner will either Boonville or Poplar Bluff on Monday.