Sandite Baseball Goes 2-1 at Bartlesville Tournament

The Charles Page High School baseball team went 2-1 at the Bartlesville Bruins Classic last week, winning 9-2 against Ponca City (2-12) and 5-2 against Enid (12-9) on Thursday before falling 6-4 to Sapulpa (16-2) on Friday.

Sand Springs out-hit the Wildcats 13 to 6 with Miller Tavaglione (3-1) earning the win on the mound. Tavaglione struck out six while surrendering five hits and six walks in 4 and 1/3 inning. Gatlin Gunn allowed only one hit with one strikeout in 2 and 2/3 innings of relief.

Wyatt Rutledge, Jace Arnold, Eli Buxton, and Alex Dudley recorded two hits apiece. Easton Webb and Sutton Cook had two RBIs each while Buxton and Jackson Stewart had two runs apiece.

Arnold (2-0) got the win against Enid with six hits, two walks, and six strikeouts in six innings on the mound. Rutledge recorded a save with two hits and one strikeout in the seventh.

The Plainsmen scored two runs in the top of the first and led till the fifth. Kayden Campbell got one back after singling in the third and scoring on a passed ball.

Gunn scored on a passed ball in the fifth to tie it, then Campbell, Isaac Sensintaffar, and Rutledge all scored on a passed ball as well. Campbell went 3-for-3 at the plate, scoring two runs.

Campbell (3-1) took the loss to Sapulpa despite surrendering only three hits and four walks with five strikeouts in 4 and 2/3 innings.

Sapulpa scored two in the first but a three-run third inning put the Sandites on top after a bases-loaded walk and RBI singles from Dudley and Gunn.

The Chieftains tied it with a solo homer in the fifth then took the lead on an error and a single. Buxton scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the inning but that would be the last run for the Sandites.

A Monday district trip to Muskogee was canceled due to inclement weather but the Sandites (13-5, 4-2) will host a double-header against the Roughers (5-11, 0-6) Tuesday at 5:00 p.m.