Ozark scored three runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to come from behind and beat Republic Tuesday, 8-7. It was a game of comebacks for Ozark, who trailed 5-4 in the bottom of the 7th before Andy Westfall homered to force extra innings.
Garrett Woods homered twice in a losing cause for Republic. Freshman Cole Hurst added three hits, including a double.
The game was delayed by lightning at the start. Republic took a 3-1 lead on the strength of Woods’s two homers, and led the rest of the way until Westfall’s homer tied it in the 7th.
Neither team scored again until the 10th, when Nathan Strobel’s pinch-hit two-run double gave Republic another lead, 7-5. The game ended when Republic outfielders Ryan Sifferman and Patrick Dickens collided in the outfield going after a fly ball off the bat of Cody Holzer, allowing the winning run to cross the plate for Ozark.
Republic falls to 2-13 overall, 0-3 in the COC. Ozark is 10-5, 3-0 in the conference.
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