GRBL Season X - Weekly Recap/Standings

Week 3 - Sunday, August 24th

12:00pm - Nixa Suckers (2-1) vs Moon City Mavericks (2-1) - Suckers 7 - Mavs 1

The Nixa Suckers bats came out to play for the noon game behind multi-hit performances by Caleb Cole and GRBL all time hits leader, Schuyler Carter. Offense had it going on for the Fish but also key defensive double plays (3 total in the game) kickstarted by short stop, Logan Rycraft, held the Mavericks runners off the bases.

3:00pm - Branson Showmen (2-1) vs Springfield Metropolitans (0-3) - Showmen 4 - Mets 2

This game went into extra innings as the bat of Justin Lowden came through with an RBI double down the right field line off of player/manager Clay Murphy. Gems were thrown by Logan Wiley of the Mets and also his adversary, Trey Turner of the Showmen. Turner’s fastball averaged 94 mph and he has fanned 31 batters so far this year in the GRBL. Harrison Waters, Jared Braschler, and Murphy all recorded hits for the Mets but it was not enough in the end.

6:00pm - Republic Locos (1-2) vs Ozark Mountain Ducks (2-1) - Locos 4 - Ducks 3

Baseball Night in the Ozarks saw another GRBL classic between the Locos and the Ducks. The annual “Battle of Best Friends” between player/managers Austin Kendrick and Chris Meza left Kendrick’s Ducks on the losing end at the end of the night. Locos had hits from CJ Andrus, Devin Phillips, and Ryder Young while the Ducks Rookie, Josh Scribner, recorded his first GRBL hit as it was an RBI double. The intense nightcap literally came down to the last play of the night where Andrew Meier of the Ducks was looking to collect his second hit and game tying RBI of the night with Creed Smiley on third base but his hot shot ground ball up the middle was intercepted by a the Locos shortstop, Cadan Kauffman, with a diving effort and rifle over to 1st baseman Michael Barnes for the final out of the game.

Week 2 - Sunday, August 17th

12:00pm - Branson Showmen (1-1) vs Ozark Mountain Ducks (2-0) - Ducks 10 - Showmen 9

The Ozark Mountain Ducks came out of the gate hot with 6 runs scored in the first couple innings highlighted by a 3 RBI triple by Tony Lewis. The Branson Showmen fought all the way back with multi-hit efforts from Jacob Karlson and Trey Turner. Turner added a 2-run homerun to bring the Branson Showmen within one midway through the contest. Relief efforts by Brian Sanchez and Josh Engler from the Ducks proved to be just enough to hold the Showmen bats. Ducks victorious over the Showmen with a score of 10 to 9.

3:00pm - Nixa Suckers (1-1) vs Republic Locos (0-2) - Suckers 14 - Locos 4

The first 5 innings of this match was quite a ballgame highlighted by pitching efforts from Locos GRBL Hall of Fame starter Skyler Henson going against GRBL rookie pitcher Jake Uber. It was 1-1 until the six inning when the Suckers broke free. The Suckers were led by Schuyler Carter where he went 2-4 with 2 RBI’s. Ricky Gooding Jr. and Landon Clark also provided solid relief efforts on the mound for the fish.

6:00pm - Moon City Mavericks (2-0) vs Springfield Metropolitans (0-2) - Mavs 5 - Mets 1

The Moon City Mavericks kept a perfect record intact with stellar pitching performances by starter AJ Musser, Kyle Carpenter, and Tyler Abma. Sam Hornberger and Tanner Kellerstrass recorded doubles and added RBI’s to their season stats. The Mets were at full strength having their player/manager Clay Murphy back on the mound and who also recorded his first base hit of the season. Mets starter Logan Wiley had another solid 5 inning outing but those efforts from the Missouri State teammates were not enough to overcome the Mavs in Week 2’s rendition of Baseball Night in the Ozarks.

Week 1 - Saturday, August 9th

12:00pm - Republic Locos (0-1) vs Moon City Mavericks (1-0) - Mavs 3 - Locos 1

Moon City got off to a hot start behind the stellar pitching efforts from Kyle Carpenter and Tyler Abma. Brandon Winder, Thomas Brand, and Ray Bailey all recorded a double in the effort and the Moon City Mavericks opened the season with a win. They defeated the Republic Locos 3-1 in the opener.

3:00pm - Ozark Mountain Ducks (1-0) vs Springfield Metropolitans (0-1) - Ducks 6 - Mets 2

Cole Roark shined in his return back to the GRBL by throwing 5 scoreless innings to begin his season ten campaign. The Ozark Mountain Ducks were led offensively with multi-hit efforts from Andrew Meier and Trey Simpson. The Ducks overtake the Mets by a score of 6-2 for our midday game.

6:30pm - Nixa Suckers (0-1) vs Branson Showmen (1-0) - Showmen 12 - Suckers 9

Trey Turner’s mid 90’s fastball shined to begin the game and the Showmen found themselves up early 5-0. The Suckers came back and not only tied it up at 5, but also took the lead in the top half of the 7th. Going into the bottom of the ninth, the Showmen were down 9-6 but Jacob Karlson got the Showmen within 1 by recording a 2 RBI triple. Bases were loaded without an out recorded with the Showmen down 9-8 just before David Edwards came up to the plate. On the first pitch from Suckers reliever Jamar Averyhart, Edwards blasted a walk-off grand slam and the Showmen defeated the Suckers 12-9 in grand opening day fashion.