Scott City baseball falls in regional semis
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Clay Center, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–The Scott City baseball team made the trip to Clay Center for the Class 4A Regional Tournament on Tuesday afternoon. Their semi-final opponent would be the Circle Thunderbirds. It would be a close game that the Beavers led for most of the afternoon, but the Thunderbirds rallied for five runs in the final two innings to take a 7-4 win.
Scott City got on the board first in the bottom of the second inning, as Emilio Contreras and Trey Ryan would collect RBI singles to put the Beavers up 2-0. Circle rallied for a run in the third and fourth to tie the game at two. In the fifth, Scott City responded with two runs to put them up 4-2, thanks to a two-run single by Spencer Cramer. Unfortunately, their lead would be short-lived. In the sixth inning, the Thunderbirds rallied for three runs to take their first lead at 5-4, and added two more runs in the seventh to take a 7-4 win, advancing them to the regional championship.
Brady Welker went 5 1/3 innings, giving up four runs, two earned, on five hits with seven strikeouts. Welker finished with 88 strikeouts this season, which gives him the single-season school record for strikeouts. Spencer Cramer had three hits and two RBI for the Beavers.
Scott City saw their eight-game win streak come to an end, as they finished the season at 13-6. Brady Welker, Carson Batterton and Aaron Armendariz closed out their senior seasons for the Beavers.
Circle would win the regional championship, as they upended regional host Clay Center 3-1 in the championship game. They will head to state with a 17-11 record.