The Republic baseball team continued its recent struggles in a 7-1 road loss at Ozark Tuesday. Ozark’s Trey Faulconer allowed one run on six hits in four innings to pick up the win. Garrett Romines doubled twice to lead the Ozark offense.
For Republic, starting pitcher Nathan Strobel was 3-for-4 with a double. He allowed five runs — three of them earned — in five innings to suffer the loss.
The game was tied 1-1 until Ozark scored four in the bottom of the 4th to pull away. They added two more runs in the 6th.
Republic falls to 2-7. They’ve lost five in a row.
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