Rainbolt barely missed reaching on a bunt to the right side that moved both runners into scoring position. In the Fort Gibson fourth, Weston Rouse doubled off the right field wall, Blunt walked on four pitches. You got to play through it and I think the kids did a good job of rallying there." "In that case, it's the third base umpire's call and he was watching the runner, so it came down to the home plate umpire and I asked him what he saw. Tuttle's score came when a charging Pierce appeared to have a glove on Carsen Moore's fly ball single, which scored Conover, who had earlier reached on a single.Ĭoach Edwards came out to discuss the ruling on the catch with the home plate umpire. Tuttle got the early lead with a run in the third before Fort Gibson plated three runs in the fourth. This game didn't end in controversy, but it might have been shaped by some early controversy. "I talked with their coach about it and we both felt the same way," Edwards said. It was a back-and-forth battle between two teams considered by some as a finals matchup stuck in a quarterfinal assignment We don't play very many games at 11 in the morning."īrody Rainbolt had just tied the game with a home run to left in the bottom of the sixth. "It was a difficult situation all the way around. It's a difficult catch for Cole, and Branch came a long way," Edwards said. "Wyatt didn't see it off the bat, he lost it. The first player Fort Gibson coach Gary Edwards hugged after the game was Branch. Tuttle (35-8) moves on to face Elk City, a 7-3 winner over Verdigris, in Friday's semifinal round. Pierce stole second, but on a 1-1 pitch, Grant Edwards lined out to shortstop Braylon Brooks, ending Fort Gibson's season at 25-7.
Alex Conover, who held Fort Gibson to just four hits, got his ninth and 10th strikeouts of the game in Cody Walkingstick and Jaiden Graves before issuing a base on balls to the top of the order in Wyatt Pierce.
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