As bad as last Saturday was for the Guthrie BlueJay baseball team, Monday was the day to be at Squires Field.
Catcher Landry Chappell collected a RBI in the win over the top ranked Antlers Monday afternoon.
Needing a big win to help maybe secure a home regional in May, head coach Jon Chappell’s Jays took a step in the right direction by taking down Class 5A’s top ranked Deer Creek Antlers with a stellar pitching performance from senior John Cotton and a 3-1 win in a very well played game for both squads.
Cotton out dueled Deer Creek’s right hander and University of Oklahoma signee Cale Coshow. Cotton pitched the full seven innings, collecting five strike outs, allowed seven hits, and held the high power Antler offense to just one run.
Guthrie improves to 17-8 overall and remains perfect in the Suburban Conference with a 10-0 record. Deer Creek now stands at an impressive 21-4 and is all but certain to be top seeded team from the West when regionals are announced on April 23rd. The two teams meet again, today, in Edmond.
The Jays used a good amount of small ball and timely hitting resulting in scoring a run in the second, third, and fifth innings. The Antlers crossed their run in the fourth.
Senior Zach Bobo brought in the first run of the game on a timely hit-and-run as his ground ball to the right side brought in fellow senior Jaden Chappell.
Cotton brought in the second run, in the third inning, when he sent the Antler center fielder near the wall making a nice catch, but the sacrifice brought in Bryan Dutton, who reached on an infield error to start the inning.
Bryan Dutton prepares to apply a tag on a runner. Dutton has filled in for the Jays at the top of the line up in the last several games.
Sophomore catcher Landry Chappell collected the RBI in the fifth inning when he sent his shot to the left field blue wall where the Antlers left fielder made an outstanding catch up against the blue monster, but in doing so brought in fellow sophomore Luke Davis.
Guthrie continues to hold down the fourth and final regional spot. Carl Albert currently the second seeded team, and Chickasha the third seed. Although, the one and two seeds are locked up that is not the case for the third and fourth spot. This is the final week where games are counted towards playoff positioning.
Guthrie travels to Deer Creek today and then travel to Del City on Thursday. Both games are set for 4:30 starts.
Class 5A Rankings (April 13th)
| 1 | Deer Creek | 21-4 | |
| 2 | Carl Albert | 18-3 | |
| 3 | Collinsville | 17-3 | |
| 4 | Pryor | 17-5 | |
| 5 | Claremore | 14-4 | |
| 6 | Chickasha | 14-8 | |
| 7 | Bishop Kelley | 16-7 | |
| 8 | Guthrie | 18-7 | |
| 9 | Booker T Washington | 15-9 | |
| 10 | Macarthur | 15-5 |
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