Nocona
The Nocona Indians baseball team lost a pitcher’s duel at Lindsay on Friday.
The Knights won the low-scoring game 1-0.
The teams had played earlier in the week and the Indians had competed well, but lost 5-1.
Nocona had a good chance to score in the first inning. Walker Murphey led off with a walk. He got moved to second base after a sacrifice bunt and then Wesley Murphey hit a single to put runners at the corners. Unfortunately, an inning ending double-play happened.
Nocona started freshman RJ Walker on the mound to pitch and Lindsay got to him and the defense in the first inning. A fielding error allowed the leadoff batter to get on base.
A single and a walk followed that loaded the bases up with one out. A single then scored one run, but the Indians recovered well.
Walker induced a lineout to second base and a groundout at home plate to prevent any other runs from scoring.
The Knights led 1-0 after the first inning.
The two offenses struggled for the next several innings, though Lindsay did have a few better chances to score than Nocona.
The Indians’ next best chance to score came in the fifth inning. Konor Harrington led off the inning getting hit by a pitch. Caden Belcher then drew a walk. After a fly out, Miller Jhett was able to get on base thanks to an error by the pitcher and the bases were loaded with the top of the lineup coming up.
Unfortunately, the next batter lined out to the shortstop and then grounded out to second base and Nocona could not get a run home.
The score stayed the same and in the final inning, Harrington again had a good leadoff as he hit a double into right field. Unfortunately, the next three batters hits did not leave the infield and the Knights made the defensive plays to end the game.
Lindsay won 1-0.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost a one-sided game at Perrin-Whitt on Thursday.
The Pirates won 15-3 in four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers had lost earlier in the week against Perrin-Whitt, but was hoping the second game would be different.
The Pirates had a good start to the game, scoring runs in the first three innings.
Saint Jo was down 9-0 heading into the fourth inning when the bats were able to start making something happen.
Charlie and Amzy Barclay drew walks before Trent Gaston drove in one with a fielder’s choice ground out to cut the lead to 9-1.
Perrin Whitt responded with six runs in the fourth inning to up the lead to 15-1 heading into the fifth inning.
The Panthers needed to score at least five runs to keep the game from ending early.
Jayden Curry led off and got on base by getting hit by a pitch. Devin Stewart followed with a single. Both advanced one base on a wild pitch before a strikeout. Logan Hoover grounded out to the shortstop, but drove in one run.
A dropped third strike not only allowed Barclay to get on base, but Stewart to score. Charlie Evans drew a walk and the runners were at the corners with two outs. Unfortunately, a strikeout followed to end the game.
Perrin-Whitt won 15-3.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles lost their second game against 2A Muenster on Friday.
The Hornets won 21-0 after five innings due to run-rule.
Bellevue had lost by an even bigger margin against Muenster earlier in the week. While winning was probably out of the question, trying to improve the result from the first game was within reach and the Eagles did succeed in that regard.
While the Hornets scored every inning, Bellevue did hold them to only one run in both the first and fourth innings. It also took Muenster to five innings instead of the three it took in the first game.
The offense finished with only one hit from Bryce Ramsey and the team drew three walks and was hit by one pitch.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.