The Sulphur baseball team picked up three more big wins over the last week, as the Dogs spilt six games to move their record to 16-10.
Sulphur beat Plainview 11-1 and 14-2 last Tuesday before losing 10-4 to Lone Grove, beating Madill 7-0 and falling to Davis 14-3 in the Kingston Tournament.
The Dogs lost a 3-0 home game to Newcastle on Monday.
“We are starting to hit the ball better up and down the lineup at times,” said Sulphur head coach Mike Matlack.
The Dogs were at Newcastle on Tuesday before playing a threeway with Elk City and Byng on Friday.
The Dogs will be at Marlow next Monday before hosting the Outlaws at home next Tuesday.
Sulphur’s final regular season home game of the year will be April 23 when the Dogs host Ada.
Sulphur 11, Plainview 1 The Dogs jumped all over Planview early, scoring six runs in the 2nd to pull away from the Indians.
Sulphur added another run in the 3rd to make it 7-0 before Plainview finally got on the board in the 4th with a run.
But the Dogs added two more in each of the 5th and 6th to end things.
“It was a really good performance by us in the two wins over Plainview,” Matlack said.
Senior Eathin Kennedy pitched very well for Sulphur, going all six innings and allowing just three hits and two walks, while striking out five.
“He threw really well for us,” Matlack said.
Cash Matlack was 2-for-4 for Sulphur with a homer, a double and two RBIs.
Colten Cole and Drake Wood each had RBI doubles in the win, while Kaden Seitz was 2-for-2 with three RBIs.
Maddax Mobly, Bridge Barrett and Briar Davenport each had two hits and an RBI for Sulphur.
Sulphur 14, Plainview 2 The Dogs used the same formula in the second game against Plainview, as Sulphur jumped on the Indians in the early innings again.
Sulphur scored five in the 1st and three more in the 2nd to go up 8-0 heading to the 3rd.
Plainview added a run each in the 4th and 5th before the Dogs piled on three more in both the 6th and 7th.
Barrett and Cole each had two hits, including a double each.
Mobly was 3-for-4 with an RBI, while Matlack was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Kennedy was 2-for-3 with three RBIs, while Cooper Cole also drove in two.
Jett Runyan was very solid for Sulphur, going four innings and allowing just one hit and striking out four.
Wood pitched well in relief, going the remaining three innings and also allowing just one hit.
“Jett and Drake both pitched very well for us in the second game,” Matlack said.
Lone Grove 10, Sulphur 4 The Dogs hung close with a really good Lone Grove team until the final inning, as Sulphur fell to the Longhorns last Thursday.
Sulphur trailed just 5-4 heading into the 7th, when Lone Grove piled on five runs to put the game out of reach.
The Longhorns had just six hits in the win, as Sulphur walked 10 batters.
“We walked too many guys and you can’t do that against good teams,” said Matlack.
The Longhorns scored two runs in the 1st before Sulphur took the lead in the bottom half 3-2.
Lone Grove regained the lead in the top of the 2nd before stretching it to 5-3 through three innings.
Sulphur pulled within a run in the 5th. Matlack had a double and three RBIs, while Davenport, Cole and Mobly each had two hits in the loss.
Sulphur 7, Madill 0
Sulphur used another great pitching performance to stay alive in the Kingston tournament, as the Dogs got a gem from Bridge Barrett and shutout the Wildcats.
Barrett pitched six shutout innings, allowing just four hits and walking one. He struck out three.
“He pitched really well for us on Friday,” Matlack said. The Dogs took an early 2-0 lead in the 1st and the game remained that way for a while.
Sulphur added four runs in the 5th and another in the 6th to put the game away.
Colten Cole was 2-for-4 with a 2-run double. Kennedy was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, while Matlack was 2-for-2 with an RBI double.
Davis 14, Sulphur 3
Sulphur struggled in the walk department again on Saturday, as the Dogs let things get away from themselves in a loss to Davis.
Sulphur walked 13 Davis hitters, as the Wolves took control in the middle part of the game.
The Dogs led 3-0 through two innings before the Wolves added eight runs in the 3rd, two more in the 4th and four more in the 5th.
“Again, we walked way too many hitters on Saturday,” Matlack said. Cole had two hits and an RBI double for Sulphur, while Mobly also doubled.
Matlack was 2-for-3 and Runyan had a 2-run single in the loss.
