OKLAHOMA CITY – Putnam City North fell to Bridge Creek, 6-2, Thursday (March 6) at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, home of Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets.

“Playing at ‘The Brick’ was an amazing experience that the kids will remember forever,” Putnam City North coach Greg Johnson said via text. “The Comets organization as a whole was great.”

North (1-2) outhit 4A Bridge Creek, 8-5, but struggled to score runs.

“We struggled early on at the plate and didn’t get timely hit with runners on base,” Johnson said.

The Bobcats (2-0) broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning. Bridge Creek took advantage of passed ball on a third strike, an error and two singles.

“Defensively we gave them too many free outs,” Johnson said. “Five of their six runs being unearned is hard to overcome.”

Errors and walks played a role in a 4-run sixth inning for Bridge Creek to extend the lead to 6-0.

North finally got on the board in the seventh inning with doubles from junior Jonathan Lopez and Mitchell Taylor. Junior Garcia, a senior, singled in Taylor to make it 6-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Bridge Creek (2-0)	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	6	5	2
Putnam City North (1-2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	4

FRIDAY: SOUTHMOORE 9, PUTNAM CITY NORTH 7

MOORE — Southmoore scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to walk off North, 9-7, Friday (March 7).

The Panthers (1-3) had built a 6-3 lead, going into the bottom of the sixth inning. A walk, an error (one of five North errors in the game) and a single led to two runs and Southmoore cut the lead to 6-5.

North added an insurance run in the top of the seventh inning. Junior Xavier Sarkey led off the inning with a walk. He moved to second base on sophomore Treague Ferguson’s walk.

Sarkey was lifted by a courtesy runner, junior Robert Marcy. Marcy advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by junior Xayvion Jones. Marcy sprinted home on a passed ball to make it 7-5.

In the bottom half of the inning, the Sabercats loaded the bases with a hit batsmen, a walk and a single. Junior Quincy Robinson walked in a run to make it 7-6.

Southmoore’s Christian Deloera hit a 3-run double past a diving attempt by junior JaQuari Dansby in left field for the win.

Junior Austin Guerrero, Robinson and junior Mitchell Taylor each had a hit. Ferguson went 2-for-2 and drove in two runs. He also had two walks.

UP NEXT

North travels to Edmond North (1-3) Monday (March 10) at 5 p.m.

The Huskies dropped a 4-1 contest to 3A Jones Friday.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Putnam City North (1-3)	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	7	5	5
Southmoore (3-2)	0	0	3	1	0	2	4	9	6	1