Karns loses 11-7 to Houston HS
Baseball America’s #15 rated high school team, Houston HS of Germantown has a stable of quality ballplayers with size. They had their #2 pitcher on the mound tonight in 6’3”/205 lbs. Tyler Watson with 6’4/215 lbs. Gray Avant behind the plate. 6’8”/215 lbs John Lalor was on 1B, 6’4/180 lbs Rawley Bishop at 3B and 6’3” 180 lbs. Will Hogue in centerfield. They have speed in 5’10/ 170 lbs Jason Adams in left field, 6’ Jeff Porter in right field, 5’9”/180 lbs Zach Miller at SS and 5’7”/ 155 lbs John Van Grouw at 2B.
The Beavers fought the Mustangs hard as they mustered 7 runs on 12 hits while Houston countered with 11 runs on 12 hits. Both teams committed 1 error each. The Beavers left 7 runners stranded while Houston left 4 stranded.
Karns starter, Shane Ownby threw 4 innings and was relieved by Clint Fox. Tyler Watson threw 5 innings for Houston and was relieved by Daniel Hill.
The Beavers fell behind 6-0 after 3 innings, but closed to 5-6 in the top of the 4th as they rallied for 5 runs with two outs in the inning. Houston countered with 3 runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 9-5 lead into the 6th inning. Karns would again close to 7-9, but Houston would add two runs of their own for the final 11-7 score.
Karns would misplay two balls in the outfield during the game as players were confused on calls. These plays along with a controversial no call for a strike out of a Houston batter could have saved more runs. With that said, the Beavers played pretty well in defeat.
Extra base hits for the Beavers were Heath Cheverton 2B. Cale Iorg 3B. Houston had Gray Avent 2B, Jason Adams 2B and Zach Miller 3B. Eight of the Beaver starters hit safely in the game as did Houston.
There was plenty of scouts present and I understand they will be back tomorrow for the game against Bartlett HS.
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