Mansfield Lions finish Summit with 6-1 record

The Mansfield Lions’ baseball team finished their fall regular season in the Summit Conference with a 6-1 record after knocking off two more teams last week.
Against Gainesville, the Lions had a seven-run, bottom of the fourth inning and cruised to an 11-2 win over the Bulldogs.
Both Easton Thompson and Fisher Croney led the offense with two RBIs and one run scored; Brayden Stuart had two RBIs; Cole Whorton and Jaxon Clark had one RBI and one run scored; while Aiden Garrison scored three times.
On the mound, Stuart tossed seven innings and gave up two earned runs on seven hits with four strikeouts and three walks.
Two days earlier, the Lions traveled to nearby Seymour and left with a 12-2 victory.
Parker Moody had three RBIs; both Evan Roberts and Stuart had two RBIs and one run scored; while Clark had one RBI and scored twice.
Garrison tossed seven innings and gave up two earned runs on five hits with six strikeouts and four walks.
In a tough loss at Spokane in a nonconference match-up, the Lions led 7-6 before the Owls scored twice in their final at-bat.
They drew a bases loaded walk with two outs.
Whorton had two RBIs and scored twice while Clark had one RBI and scored two times.
Thompson tossed four innings and gave up one earned run on four hits with six strikeouts and one walk.
Whorton tossed two and a third innings and allowed two earned runs on three hits with four strikeouts and five walks.
They will host the upcoming Summit Conference Tournament and their record is 9-6 this fall.