by Michael D. Gunnell
Southwest Sports Information
The Bears dropped a pair of MACJC games to the 12th-ranked Jones County Bobcats Wednesday in Ellisville by scores of 13-1 and 5-1. Game one ended after five innings.
The Bears took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first in game one when Zach Dearman and Quartez led off with back-to-back line-drive doubles to right field.
A double and single in the bottom of the first resulted in a run for Jones County (21-7, 8-4) and a 1-1 score.
Jones County took a 10-1 lead in their half of the third inning and added their final three runs in the fourth.
Gage Kiser took the loss on the mound for the Bears (7-16, 4-8), giving up five runs on four hits and two walks in 2.2 innings. He struck out two batters.
Jones County took a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the finale. The Bears made it 2-1 in the top of the third when Dearman led off with a single and scored two batters later on a two-out base hit by T Tez Cole.
Jones County would add the final runs of the day in the bottom of the fourth.
Matthew Graves allowed four runs on four hits and a pair of walks in three innings to take the loss on the mound. He struck out one batter.
Tyler White had two singles for the Bears while Kyle Singleton had a double.
The Bears are scheduled to return to the diamond Saturday afternoon at home, beginning at 2:00, with a conference twinbill against the Northwest Rangers.