Jays have a day to forget at the yard

It was set up to be a beautiful day at Squires Field last Saturday afternoon, but it turned out as a day to forget for the Guthrie Baseball team.

Guthrie's Bryan Dutton was thrown out at home in the first inning. Guthrie will host 5A's No. 1 Deer Creek Antlers on Monday afternoon at Squires Field.

Guthrie started off nicely in game one by scratching three runs in the first inning against Ponca City. Freshmen Bryan Dutton started the game with a triple, but was thrown out at the plate on Luke Davis’ grounder to the second basemen.

Davis came in on a 2-run blast by senior third basemen Jaden Chappell. Sophomore Hayden Seifert followed that with a hit and was brought in on fellow sophomore’s Landry Chappell’s RBI single to give Guthrie a 3-0 lead.

Senior Jaden Chappell is met at home plate by his teammates after hitting a first inning homerun.

The score remain 3-0 until Ponca’s third inning when they erupted for seven runs on five hits as they sent 11 men to the plate.

Landry Chappell put Guthrie back on the board with a home run in the fourth inning. Chappell collected another RBI in the fifth to finish the day with three driven in.

Senior Zach Bobo was given the hard-fought loss on the mound despite the defensive mental errors at times.

In game two, the day got worse as the Jays were handed their worse loss of the season. McGuinness has taken both games from the Jays this season and Guthrie will look to win the rubber game with the Irish in the Deer Creek Tournament next week.

Guthrie falls to 16-8 on the season and the two losses is only the second time this season they have lost multiple games in a row. Jays had won their previous three games and have won just three of their last eight games after starting the season 13-3.

It does not get any easier for the Jays as they take on 5A’s No. 1 ranked Deer Creek Antlers on Monday and Tuesday with 4:30 starts before traveling to 6A’s Del City on Thursday.