CHS baseball season ends

The Comanche baseball season came to an end last Thursday in Oklahoma City at the regional tournament. The games were originally scheduled to be played at Washington, but Wednesday downpours forced the first day of the tournament to be moved to Putnam City North fields.

Comanche fell in the first game of the tournament to Alva, 12-2 and then were eliminated by Washington, 15-0, in the second game.

The Indians finished the season with a 12-16 record.

Postseason jitters appeared to have had an early impact on the Indians as they committed five errors in the top of the first inning, allowing three Goldbug runs to cross the plate.

Comanche would end the game with seven errors.

The Indians got one run back in the bottom of the first when Levi Slovack picked up an RBI single that scored Carson Vansickle.

The Goldbugs would get the run back in the top of the second and extend their lead with two more runs in the top of the fourth.

Alva put the game out of reach with six runs in the top of the fifth for a 12-1 advantage.

The Indians managed to push their second run across when Vansickle, who had earlier doubled, scored on an error by the catcher.

Comanche had five hits in the game with Vansickle, Slovack, Payton Jones, Clayton Brantner and Bryson Goedhart getting one hit each. Vansickle and Goedhart had doubles.

Jones took the loss on the mound, throwing all five innings, giving up 10 hits and two earned runs. He struck out four and walked four.

The Indians held the Warriors scoreless in the first inning, but Washington took control in the second with four runs to take the lead and then scored three more in the third to take a 7-0 lead in the third. Washington put the game away in the fourth with eight runs in the fourth.

Comanche did not collect a hit in the game with Payton Jones the only Indian to reach base with a walk.

Carson Vansickle took the loss on the mound, giving up seven earned runs in three innings of work. He surrendered seven hits, five walks and had two strikeouts.