Lockwood’s luck ran out when Stockton came to town.
In a battle of the Tigers, Stockton dominated 9-1 on a windy Tuesday afternoon at Lockwood High School, putting an end to Lockwood’s perfect, early season record.
The first couple of innings were scoreless, but Stockton was just getting warmed up.
Stockton head coach Darin Henderson said, “We saw Lockwood in the jamboree and they’ve improved a lot. We came out a little flat, I think, because we saw them early. It took us a little while to get going, but we got there.”
Jacob Wheeler, Alex Wheeler and Colton Brown each scored a run, grabbing a 3-0 lead to close the third inning.
Two more Stockton players, Garrett Burns and Cameron Ramsey scored in the fourth inning to get a comfortable 5-0 lead.
With runners on first and third in the fifth inning, Burns took off to steal second.
A Lockwood error resulted in both runners, Mason Brown and Burns, scoring to get an even more comfortable seven-point lead.
Another couple of runs from Brice Bird and Brown made it 9-0 in the sixth inning.
But Lockwood wasn’t about to go down without a number on the board.
Justin Nentrup hit a double, and later scored on Ben Schnelle’s single.
No one scored in the final frame, giving Stockton the dominant 9-1 away victory.
Winning pitcher Eli Hubbard threw 15 strikeouts on the afternoon.
“We battled pretty well,” Lockwood head coach Larry Stuart said. “I mean, I’m proud of the kids. I know it’s a 9-1 ballgame and you wouldn’t think so, but that’s a good team right there.”
Lockwood (5-1) will take the remaining week off to prep for another Tiger crew on Monday at 4:30 p.m. at Lamar High School.
Taking a much shorter break, Stockton (7-1) will host the Marionville Comets at home 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | |
| Stockton | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Lockwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
