ASHDOWN, Ark. — Down 4-0 early, Genoa Central found its groove in the third inning to knot the score and two more in the sixth to rally for a 6-4 win over Huntsville in its early game on Saturday.
With the bases juiced in the fourth, Joshua Kirkland and Riley Mudford drew walks to force the Dragons’ first two runs of the game and Connor Reed belted a two-run double to settle the score at 4-all.
In the sixth inning, Cole Gammon drove in Lane Morton with an RBI-single and later scored after Braxton Robertson got a hit.
Reed and Lane Jeane led the Dragons with two hits apiece. Reed also had a team-high two RBIs.
Genoa Central edged Lincoln in the second game, 8-6, after rallying in the middle innings and survive a seventh-inning scare.
Reed got things going early for the Dragons when he hit an infield single to score Kirkland.
Lincoln would go scoreless until the fourth inning when it put four runs across the plate. Genoa Central, however, would answer back with two runs in the bottom of the frame, one in the fifth and four in the sixth before finally holding off Lincoln’s two-run surge in the seventh to close out the game.
Reed’s bat came alive in the contest, going 4-for-5 at the plate, including a double and three RBIs. Jeanne added three hits in the win and Brayden Cobb finished with two hits.
Each batter in the lineup had at least one hit.
Morton posted the win on the mound, striking out six and walking four through six innings. He allowed four runs on five hits. Mudford struck out one and allowed two runs on one hit in his one inning of relief.