Baseball Beats Cloud to Advance to Playoffs

The Pratt Beavers beat Cloud County 11-9 in 10 innings on Sunday to advance to the Region VI Playoffs.  Pratt won the first game of the doubleheader 12-10.
 
The Beavers tied the second game at 8-8 with two outs in the top of the ninth when Zach Sell singled in Ryan Clark to keep the season alive.  Pratt scored three runs in the top of the tenth.  Ethan Elrod singled in Skyler Sumner to make the score 9-8, and Matt Burns advanced to third and Elrod advanced to second on an overthrow.  Matt Burns scored the eventual winning run on a passed ball.  Joe Kornbrust added another run with a sacrifice fly to score Elrod and make the score 11-8. 
 
The T-Birds were able to scratch a run across in the bottom of the tenth off of the winning pitcher Josh Goodman.  With two outs and the bases loaded, shortstop Skyler Sumner made a spectacular play on a ground ball in the hole to force out Cloud’s Luis Gonzalez at first base and send the Beavers to the playoffs for the first time since 2007.
 
Click on the links below for Game One box score and play-by-play:
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sites/all/files/editor/file/Cloud%20%233%20play%20by%20play.pdf
 
Click on the links below for Game Two box score and play-by-play:
sites/all/files/editor/file/Cloud%20%234%20box.pdf
sites/all/files/editor/file/Cloud%20%234%20play%20by%20play.pdf
 
The tournament bracket and game times for this weekend’s Region VI Playoffs will be posted on Tuesday.