ORANGE BEACH, Ala. -- Farmington traveled to Gulf Shores, Ala., to compete in a spring break tournament last week.
On March 22, the Cardinals rebounded from a 4-1 loss the previous day to defeat Sylacauga, Ala., 10-1. The game was played at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Orange Beach Complex. Trenton McChristian started for the first time this season and went four strong innings for the win to defeat Sylacauga High School, 10-1. He walked 3, struck out 1, and allowed one run in four innings. Kelton Price also pitched for the first time this year. He pitched the final three innings and walked 2, struck out 5, and allowed no runs in relief.
The Cards struck first in the bottom of the second when Price was hit by a pitch and advanced to third on a Tripp Cheney double. Drake Vinyard hit a fielder's choice to score Price. McChristian followed with an RBI single to score Cameron Bracy, pinch running for Cheney to stake the Cards to a 2-0 lead after two innings.
Ryan Larkin led off the third with a walk, Putnam singled, and Tyler Gregg hit a line-drive home-run after a pinch runner was picked off running for Putnam. The Cardinals led 4-0 after three innings.
Sylacauga scored their only run in the fourth on back to back doubles. Then, the Cardinals exploded for 5 runs in their half of the fourth on two hits and two walks. Larkin, Putnam, Gregg, Hill, and Vinyard scored on RBI hits by Gregg and Price. The Cardinals added a run in the sixth on long hits off the left field fence by Cade Fenton and Derek Perona. The Cardinals were errorless in the game.
With the win, the Cardinals went 3-1 in the 32 team tournament to move to 10-4 on the year. Farmington had to place in the top two in their pool to qualify for a 4-team, single-elimination tournament on Thursday. There were six teams that went undefeated in pool play. Farmington finished in a tie for seventh place out of 32 teams. Another Arkansas team, Greenbrier, also a member of the 5A West, won the tournament.
Sports on 03/29/2017