Ozark drops heartbreaker to nationally ranked Owasso

Written by Mark Eddlemon on Saturday, March 29th, 2008

The Ozark High School Tigers lost 2-1 at nationally ranked Owasso, Oklahoma on Tuesday afternoon.

Owasso scored the winning run in the last of the seventh.

Ozark falls to 2-3 on the season, with 3 consecutive 1-run setbacks.

Nationally ranked Owasso slipped by visiting Ozark High School 2-1 in non-conference baseball action on Saturday.

Owasso got back-to-back singles by Kirk and Mayfield in the last of the sixth to drive in the winning run.

Ozark fell to 2-3 on the season with the setback.

The winning pitcher for Owasso, Barges, pitched in the Oklahoma state title game last year. Barges struck out 5, walked 5 and gave up just 2 hits.

Ethan Mather started for Ozark, working 4 innings, scattering 6 hits, giving up an unearned run and 2 walks while striking out 5. Ryne Armstrong worked the final 2 and 2/3 innings, giving up 2 hits with 2 walks and 4 strike outs, giving up just 1 earned run.

In the second, Ethan Mather walked, Jon Neill walked and Chris Loveday reached while sacrificing. The first run of the game scored on a grounder by Matt Jackson.

Brett Neill and Derek Harwell had Ozark’s only hits. Brett Neill also reached when hit by a pitch and Levi Presley walked twice