Mexico kept Moberly from claiming the outright NCMC championship and spoiled the Spartans’ Senior Night with a 9-3 win on Tuesday. The game was tied at 2 going to the top of the 3rd. The Bulldogs mounted a two-out rally on a double by Jaydon Eldridge and a single by Drew DeMint. A wild pitch third strike allowed the go-ahead run to score. DeMint delivered the biggest blow of the game in the top of the 4th….
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. DeMint was our Freeman Financial and Insurance Outstanding Player of the Game. He went 2-3, with 3 RBI and scored a run. The Bulldogs scored three more runs in the 5th to go up 9-2. Eldridge threw 106 pitches and went 6.2 innings for the win. Mexico improves to 15-10 overall and 4-4 in the NCMC.
Mitchell Bruce was charged with five runs in 3.1 innings and took the loss. Jackson Engel went 3-4 and scored a run. Moberly drops to 23-4 overall and 7-2 in conference play. The Spartans can still clinch an outright NCMC title with a Fulton loss to Mexico on Friday or a win at Marshall next Tuesday.
Moberly and Mexico will meet again Friday night as part of pool play at the Southern Boone Classic. The two teams are in the same pool as Fulton and North Callaway, with those games being played at Mexico. The host Bulldogs will play North Callaway on Thursday, followed by Moberly and Fulton. You can hear the full game broadcast by going to the Game Archive section of nemopressbox.com.
postgame with Moberly coach Brandon Boyer:
