Howe doubles up Heavener, 13-6

Howe doubles up Heavener, 13-6

Howe scored five runs in the top of the third inning and went on to defeat Heavener, 13-6 in high school baseball action Monday.

The Lions improve to 13-11. Heavener drops to 6-21 and plays Holland Hall in the regional tournament Wednesday at Kansas.

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With the regional and district tournaments coming up later in the week, both teams used several pitchers in the tune-up game for the playoffs.

Wesley Toney went the first 3.1 innings to get the win for the Lions. He gave up three hits and four runs, all earned, with three strikeouts and a walk. Andruw Covey threw an inning, giving up one hit and two runs, both earned with three strikeouts and three walks, Aiden Scott pitched 1.2 innings with four strikeouts and no hits or runs, before Garret Smith pitched the final two outs, giving up one hit with no runs.

Spencer Clubb pitched the first two innings for Heavener, giving up four hits and four runs, all earned, with one strikeout and two walks before Canyon Ford pitched an inning, allowing two hits and three runs, none earned, with two strikeouts and three walks, Talon Lemay went 2.2 innings, giving up three hits and three runs, two earned, with two strikeouts and a walk before Bryce Early closed out the game, going 1.1 innings with no hits and four runs, three earned, with two strikeouts and three walks.

Smith was 3-3 at the plate for Howe, scoring three runs with one RBI. Catcher Cole Wann was 3-5 with two runs and a RBI and Myka Thornburg doubled while going 2-3 with a RBI.

Early led the Wolves at the plate, going 2-4 with a run and a RBI and Bryce Morrison doubled and was 1-23 with two runs.

Howe 13, Heavener 6

HOW  2  0  5  2  0  1  3—13 10  0

HEA  2  0  0  2  2  0  0—6  5  6