CPHS Baseball: JV Gold 2-4 on season, shut out Putnam West 9-0

The Charles Page High School JV Gold baseball team is 2-4 on the season going into Spring Break with a 12-7 win against Edmond Memorial and a 9-0 shut out of Putnam City West. They fell 2-1 to Bixby, 7-6 and 8-1 to Jenks, and 9-7 to Union.

The Sandites held a slim 6-5 lead against Edmond Memorial before piling on six runs in the bottom of the fourth. Sand Springs benefited from nine errors and out-hit the Bulldogs nine to six. Rhen Rutledge, Jabe Schlehuber, Mark Morgan, and Gage Elliott notched two hits apiece, and Elliott had a team-high two RBI. Brody Rutledge led the team in runs with three. Hunter Lowrance pitched two hits, four walks, and four strikeouts in three innings. Schlehuber threw four hits, seven walks, and three strikeouts in two innings.

Sand Springs trailed 1-0 against Bixby till Jacob Blevins hit an RBI single to score Brody Rutledge in the top of the sixth. The Spartans walked off the win in the bottom of the seventh with a bases loaded walk. Blevins led the team with two hits, and Rhen Rutledge had a triple. Blevins threw four hits, one walk, and six strikeouts in four innings, and Brody Rutledge threw five hits, three walks, and three strikeouts in two innings.

In the first half of a double-header with Jenks the Sandites rallied from a 7-0 deficit with six runs in the top of the seventh but came up shy. They out-hit the Trojans eight to three, but committed three errors and stranded twelve base runners. Rhen Rutledge was 3-of-4 at the plate with one double. Mark Morgan also doubled and scored a team-high three RBI. Lowrance threw two hits, one strikeout, and two walks in three innings. Morgan threw one hit, three strikeouts, and four walks in two innings. Drake Fain threw one strikeout and two walks in one inning.

They weren’t able to replicate that closeness in the second game against Jenks, despite matching the Trojans in hits with two apiece. They committed four errors, threw ten walks, and stranded seven. Lowrance and Morgan recorded one hit apiece. Brody Rutledge scored the lone run and Elliott had the RBI. Elliott handled most of the pitching with one hit, five strikeouts, and three walks in three innings. Schlehuber and Kyle Morrall also saw action on the mound.

On Tuesday Blevins and Morrall combined for a five-inning one-hitter shut out against Putnam West. Blevins pitched 4.2 innings and threw one hit, eight strikeouts, and four walks. Morrall threw a strikeout for the final at-bat. Lowrance was 2-for-2 at the plate with two doubles for a team-high four RBI. Rhen Rutledge, Elliott, and Fain had two runs apiece.

Union took a 9-4 lead in the fifth but Sand Springs tallied three runs in the bottom of the seventh to try and even the score. The Sandites had seven hits to Union’s six but committed six errors. Rhen and Brody Rutledge had two hits apiece and Nathan Gibson scored a team-high two runs. Lowrance tossed five hits, two strikeouts, and two walks in three innings. Elliott had no hits, two walks, and five strikeouts in three innings. Brody Rutledge tossed one hit, two strikeouts, and three walks in one inning.