Ozark rolls by Camdenton to open Red & Blue (Rebroadcast Available)

Written by Mark Eddlemon on Friday, April 11th, 2008

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Ozark High School rolled to a 10-0 victory over Camdenton at the annual Blue and Red Baseball Tournament in Springfield on Friday, April 11, at Parkview High School.

Jayden Swain made the most of his first start, earning a complete game shut out victory, working 5 innings, with 2 strike outs and 2 walks, scattering 4 hits.

Ozark got back-to-back home runs from Derek Harwell and John Neill in the first inning to set the tone.

The Tigers improved to 7-3 on the season with their fifth straight win.

In the last of the first, with one out, Levi Presley walked. Derek Harwell then blasted a home run to left field. John Neill followed with a line drive home run to left center field, putting the Tigers up 3-0. Designated hitter Ethan Mather also doubled in the inning before Camdenton starter Tyler Coleman worked out of the inning.

Tyler Coleman allowed just one more hit, a single by Matt Jordan, over the next two innings.

But Ozark broke the game open in the fourth with 7 runs, sending 13 batters to the plate. Tom Wagaman started the rally with a single and steal, but the rest of the damage was done after two were out. Levi Presley had an RBI single and moved to second on a single by Derek Harwell. John Neill followed with an RBI double. Ethan Mather delivered a 2-run triple, and scored on a triple by Chris Loveday. Ryne Armstrong walked and Tom Wagaman walked to load the bases. Matt Jordan earned an RBI with a walk and Brett Neill singled to drive in what would be the winning run as the 10-run rule came into effect.

Jayden Swain gave up 2 singles to Nic Giardano, a single to Ryan Barker and a double to Dylan Snow, and got great defensive help on a diving catch from center fielder Levi Presley to preserve the shut out in the fifth with a runner at third.