Baseball is a funny sport at times and El Reno was laughing early, but the BlueJays had the last laugh with an 18-10 five inning run rule win Monday afternoon.
El Reno, who trailed 2-0 after the first inning, faced three different BlueJay pitchers (Aaron Womack, Dustin Bowman, and Hayden Seifert), who allowed five hits, seven walks, and ten runs, in the second inning alone. The first four Indians drew walks to start the inning and was followed by two base hits as the first seven batters reached base before registering an out as they sent 15 men to the plate.
And that was not the biggest half inning of the day. That belong to the Jays in the home half of the third inning.
With the Jays trailing 10-4 in the third, Guthrie responded by sending 16 men to the plate and collecting 9 hits, in which, five of those were doubles. They also took advantage of two walks and two Indian errors.
Seifert, who finished the day 3-for-3, collected two hits alone in the inning as well as scoring twice. Landry Chappell and Bowman joined Seifert with two runs scored in the third alone.
Corbin Crockett, Luke Davis, and John Cotton collected back-to-back hits at the top of the line up to give the Jays the lead for good. Crockett and Cotton each had two RBIs with doubles. At one time, Guthrie sent 9 Jays to the plate before giving up an out.
In total, eight Jays had collected at least one hit and six have at least one RBI. Leading the way was Crockett. The senior infielder ended the day by going 4-for-5 with five RBIs. Davis was 3-for-4 with 2 RBIs and Bowman was a perfect 3-for-3 with a RBI.
El Reno finished with 9 hits and Guthrie collected 18 hits. Following the 10 run eruption in the second, El Reno managed only four hits in 12 at bats.
Guthrie scratched two runs in the first, second, and the decisive fifth inning to give Seifert his second win to improve to 2-0 on the mound. Overall, the Jays improve to 11-3 and remain perfect in conference play at 6-0.
Both squads meet up again, in El Reno, Tuesday afternoon with a 4:30 first pitch. The Jays will begin the Choctaw Tournament on Wednesday as they play six games in six days this week. For the tournament schedule visit the home page of Guthrie Sports Page.
Class 5A Rankings (March 30th)
| 1 | Carl Albert | 7-2 | |
| 2 | Deer Creek | 16-1 | |
| 3 | Claremore | 9-1 | |
| 4 | Chickasha | 11-3 | |
| 5 | Collinsville | 10-3 | |
| 6 | Booker T Washington | 11-5 | |
| 6 | Guthrie | 12-3 | |
| 6 | Pryor | 9-4 | |
| 9 | Bishop Kelley | 9-7 | |
| 10 | McAlester | 9-6 |
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