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The Stache reclaimed the top spot of the league standings with back-to-back wins over the Shelbvul Shovels and the Royals.

The Stache sit in first place as the only one-loss team left. The Piñatas, Shovels and Royals are tied in second at 4-2. The Reds are one game behind them at 3-3. The Braves are 2-4, while the Pink Sox and Outlaws are tied at the bottom at 1-5.

Stache dethrone Royals 6-5

The Royals were primed to put a game of separation between themselves and the rest of the league, until the Stache scored six runs in the fifth inning. The inning started with Dylan Ward singling. Then Noah Fann walked and Logan Earls hit a single to load the bases. Chayse Frye and Braden Bottoms took back-to-back walks to make it 5-2 with the bases still loaded. Logan Underhill hit a bases-clearing triple to tie it at 5. He then scored on a wild pitch to take the 6-5 lead. Underhill was on the mound in the bottom of the inning and struck out the last two batters while the bases were loaded to end the game.

Underhill led the Stache with two of the team’s four hits. Ward and Earls had the other hits. The team drew 10 walks, Jax King had the most with 3. Fann had a pair. Frye, Bottoms, Lee Carden, Kevin Moritz and Earls took one each. Moritz started the game on the bump. He went 1.1 innings, he walked two, allowed six hits and struck out one. Underhill pitched the last 3.2 innings. He struck out six, walked two and allowed two hits.

The Royals doubled the Stache hits with eight, Corey Mullins and Jason Waller led the way with two each. Mullins had the team’s only extra base hit with a double. Ross Capps, Derrick Boles, Aiden Webster and JJ Webster recorded the other singles. They only took four walks. Ryan Poole drew two, while Waller and David Gagnier walked once. Timothy Henderson started the game and hurled 4.1 innings. He struck out seven. Kaylan Thompson finished the last 0.2 and only walked a pair of batters.

  Outlaws win first game 8-5

The Outlaws got in the win column over the Pink Sox after a great outing from starting pitcher Payden Seaman. He tossed the entire game, allowing four hits. He walked six, struck out four and allowed just one earned run. He also recorded a double. Jake Newcomb led the team with three hits including a double in the second. Donnie had a pair of singles. The team took six walks. Nick Howell, Zorion Pullen and Will Luna each drew a pair.

The Pink Sox fought until the end scoring three in the fifth trying to mount a comeback. They only recorded four team hits. Skyler Hood, Blake Quillen, Austin Odom and Lane Jernigan each had a single. The team took six free bases. Dylan LaFlair and Xavier Northcutt drew two each. Jordan Welker and Jernigan took one. Odom started the game and went four innings. He allowed six hits, six batters walked and struck out six. Northcutt pitched the last inning and struck out one.         

  Piñatas survive Reds 8-7

The Piñatas held on to the lead despite the Reds five run sixth inning. Parker Gunn led the Piñatas in hits with two. Aiden Edwards, Brady Nugent, Luke Davidson and AJ Parker had a hit. The team took four free trips to first. Brady O’Neal led the team with two. Vann Boyce and Coby Presley had one. Edwards started the game pitching and went 5.1 innings. He struck out seven, walked four and allowed four hits. Ryan Edwards finished the game, going 0.2 innings and striking out two.

The Reds could not overcome their three errors. The errors allowed four unearned runs to score. Brandon Ness started the game on the mound and went four innings, He allowed three hits, walked three and struck out six batters. Clay Burnett pitched the last inning and allowed three hits, walked one and struck one out. He also led the team in hits with two. They were both home runs. Matthew Wright also hit a home run. Jay Philips and Logan Burt had the other two hits for the Reds. Cody Stephens and Ahmad Taylor led the team in walks drawn with two. Phillips and Ness took the other walks.

Shovels smack Braves 8-2

The Shelbvul Shovels easily took care of the Braves, scoring in every inning except the second. Nick Hopper led the Shovels with two hits. Caden Thomas, Austin Johnson, Gage Underwood and Jacob Cooper had a hit each. Both of Hopper’s hits were doubles and Underwood barreled a homer. Shelbvul drew five walks, led by Blake Smith with two. Dylan Roller, Jay Blackburn and Underwood took one. Jesse Clanton was on the bump for the Shovels to begin the game. He went five innings striking out nine batters, allowing just one hit and walking three. Smith pitched the last inning with one walk and two strike outs.

Andrew Palmer had the lone hit for the Braves. Troy Harp, Matt Satterfield, Bryce Toups and Ben Weaver each took a walk. Weaver started the game on the mound and pitched four innings. He struck out two, walked two and allowed five hits. Toups pitched one inning struck out one, gave up one hit and walked three.