Tuesday night was supposed to be a get-right game for Northeast Nodaway, but Pattonsburg came and crashed their senior night 11-0 in the last game for both teams before districts. The Bluejays were victimized by seven errors and six walks, which led to many more extra outs by the Panthers. Lightning did not strike twice for the Bluejays, who were in a similar spot last year and used a 9-6 win in Gilman City to catapult themselves into the district finals. Brayden Stevens was a bright spot from his shortstop position, retiring seven Panther batters without an error. Both teams played to save their pitchers for districts with both having district games upcoming.
The Panthers jumped on the Bluejays early, taking advantage of two walks and two hit batters along with a single by Reagan Coin to go up 3-0 before Bluejay catcher Landon Wilmes threw Collin Mason out stealing on a first and third situation.
The Bluejays could not solve Camden Mossburg and his left-handed breaking ball, which bore in on batters and tied them up. When Camdain Frisch did get on through a walk, he was promptly picked off by Mossburg, a left-hander, replicating what Bluejay lefties Dylan McIntyre and Auston Pride did all the time to enemy runners at first base.
Meanwhile, Camden Griffith hit a sinking line drive to left field that Carter Chapman made a diving try for but missed as it rolled to the wall. Camdain Frisch hustled and backed him up and a good throw would have gotten Griffith, but the throw was high and off-line as Griffith made it safely for a triple to start the Panther third.
Camden Mossburg singled him home and then a pair of errors scored Dakota Meringa and put Jace Estrada on third to make it 5-0. Brayden Stevens bailed the Bluejays out, fielding three grounders cleanly as Estrada scored on one of them to make it 6-0, but the Bluejays were in a hole again.
An errant pickoff throw allowed Drayson McCrary to score in the fourth to make it 7-0.
Northeast had its best chance to score in the fourth when Camden Griffith relieved Mossburg. They started to get some good swings off Griffith as Reece Gray singled and stole second. Griffith started fighting the strike zone and walked Carter Chapman, and then Camdain Frisch scorched one. But it was hit right at Mossburg, now playing first, and he doubled off Chapman. Landon Wilmes grounded out to end the inning.
Griffith continued to fight the strike zone in the Bluejay fifth and walked the bases loaded with two outs, but Brayden Stevens grounded out to end the threat.
Landon Wilmes came in to pitch and struck out Ethen Elder for the first out, but then the bottom of the order came through and Drayson McCrary greeted Wilmes with a single and took second on a wild pitch. Landon Preston singled and then Wilmes walked Alex Young and Camden Griffith to force in a run to make it 8-0. An errant pickoff let in another run to make it 9-0 before Gaige Bodle got the Bluejays out of the inning.
Wilmes singled with two outs in the sixth, only to be gunned down stealing by Drayson McCrary.
Collin Mason stretched a single into a double to start the Panther seventh and Ethen Elder advanced him to third. Landon Preston reached on an error and was later doubled home by Camden Griffith to make it 11-0.
The game was the last home game for the Bluejays and the last regular season game for Carter Chapman, Camdain Frisch, Landon Wilmes, Chase Clabaugh, and Jake Redden. The Panthers wore their blue Gilman City uniforms so that the Gilman City players could compete in blue one last time.
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