FORDYCE - Fordyce manufactured 12 runs off 12 hits as the Redbugs handed Rison a 12-1 loss in the Wildcats' 8-2A conference Tuesday afternoon at Fordyce.The 'Bugs used a couple of two-out singles to plate two runs in the bottom of the first before adding three more in the second off two singles and a double to make it 5-0.Rison scored a run in the top of the fifth when Canon Cope had a lead-off double and his courtesy runner, A. Ellis, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Owen Morrison. James Jacobs grounded out to score Ellis to make it 5-1.Fordyce, however, came back in the bottom of the fifth to use five hits, three walks and an error to plate seven runs and take a 121 lead.Matthew Howard had a twoout double in the top of the fifth and then Andrew Couture reached on an to put Wildcats at the corners. However, a strikeout ended the threat and the game ended by the 10-run rule.Couture had two hits for Rison while Howard, Cope and Brock Southerland had one apiece.Owen Morrison started for Rison, going one and one-third innings before giving way to Mason Weaver for one and two-third innings. Howard pitched the final frame for the 'Cats. Collectively, the gave up 12 hits, had four walks and recorded three strikeouts. Rison fell 0-1 in conference play and 0-4 overall with the loss.Murfreesboro 9, Rison 6RISON - Murfreesboro built an early five-run lead as the Rattlers held on at the end for a 9-6 victory over the Rison Wildcats in non-conference action Monday afternoon at Wildcat Field.The Rattlers used a wild pitch and a two-out, bases-loaded walk in the top of the first to go up by two runs before a lead-off single by Rison's Lawson Kidd followed by a two-out double by Matthew Howard made it 2-1 after the opening frame.Murfreesboro added four more runs in the second off a two singles, two walks and a double to give the Rattlers a 6-1 lead.The 'Cats finally answered in th...
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