CLARKSVILLE, Ark. -- LeTourneau baseball gets the series win with a 13-7 win on Saturday over Ozarks.
This was the first series of conference play for coach Phillips and the YellowJackets and it was one full of runs with 57 total runs scored on the weekend.
Ozarks (2-9) opened up the scoring early with a single from Dru Didway to drive in a run in the bottom of the first. Kyle Masonave later responded with a homer to left-center in the top of the third to even the score at 1-1 after three.
The Eagles found a way to strike back and regain the lead with a double from Cagle to put them ahead 3-1 in the bottom of four. LeTourneau (6-4) would answer with a
Jaggar Vaughn single driving in a run, followed by a double from
Carter Amarantos to put two RBIs to his name as they took the lead 4-3.
The YellowJackets stretched the lead to 6-3, taking advantage of a pair of errors by the Eagles in the sixth.
Ozarks barreled back as Brice Cagle hit a double driving in a pair of runs making the score 6-5, with the Jackets still in the lead.
Cole Thompson singled for the visitors while marking two RBIs to his name in the seventh inning. Thompson later drove in another run in the ninth inning putting himself on base for
Kyle Maysonave to hit another home run extending the lead, making it 13-6 going into the bottom of nine.
The Eagles did put a final run on the board but did not do enough to overcome the deficit.
Maysonave had a pair of home runs to drive in four runs. The second two homerun game for him this season as he knocked two out against Millsaps, he now has six on the year.
Thompson saw three hits with three RBIs from his five at-bats. Armarantos went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs to add to his spectacular weekend.
Riley Davis (2-0) will get the win for the YellowJackets as he pitched 5.0 innings allowing 10 hits, five earned runs, and marking a strikeout.
Joshua Ropple (0-3) got the loss for Ozarks as he allowed four earned runs in five innings.
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The YellowJackets will travel to Austin college on Tuesday, first pitch set for 6 PM.