MOUNTAIN HOME -- Chandler Cook belted a three-run home run and an inside-the-park home run, and Dawson Armstrong added another home run as the Panthers defeated Mountain Home 14-7 on Saturday night.
Earlier on Saturday, the Panthers lost to Parkview (Mo.) 13-10.
Against Mountain Home, the Panthers jumped on the Bombers pitching for five runs in the second inning. Cook's three-run home run was a big blow in the inning.
Mountain Home rallied over the next three innings to tie the score 5-5, but the Panthers added five more runs in the fifth to take a 10-5 lead.
Cook hit an inside the park home run and Armstrong hit his first career home run in the seventh as the Panthers took a 14-6 lead.
Cook finished with three hits, three runs and seven RBIs, while Armstrong had two RBIs. Josh Hunt and Jacob Rowe each scored two runs, while Rowe also had two RBIs.
Landon Nickell scored two runs and had three RBIs for the Panthers.
L.T. Ellis got the victory on the mound, allowing six hits with eight strikeouts and two walks in five innings of work.
Eli Hawbaker pitched the final two innings.
Earlier in the day, the Panthers played Parkview (Mo.) and scored two runs right off the bat in the first inning. However, Parkview scored six runs in the bottom of the first to take a 6-2 lead.
Siloam Springs battled back with three runs in the second and five in the third to take a 10-7 lead.
Parkview tied the game at 10 in the bottom of the fourth and scored three runs in the fifth to take the lead for good.
Armstrong and Cook each had a pair of RBIs, with Armstrong recording three hits and Cook two. Hunt, Rowe, Tanner Broyles and Ellis all had base hits. Cook scored three runs, while Ellis scored two and Tristan Moose, Baron Meek, Rowe, Broyles and Nolan Wallis each with one run scored.
Armstrong started the game but struggled with four hits, two walks and five earned runs allowed. Hawbaker pitched three innings and gave up two runs on three hits. Landon Nickell took the loss after giving up five runs on six hits, while Josh Hunt also pitched two innings.
Panthers drop pair in tourney
COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. -- The Siloam Springs baseball team opened play in the Best of the West Tournament in Collierville, Tenn., on Monday and suffered a pair of blowout losses.
The Panthers opened the day with a 20-5 loss to Bartlett, Tenn., and then ended with a 17-0 loss to Collierville on their home field.
In the loss to Bartlett, the Panthers took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Chandler Cook and Eli Hawbaker reached on base hits and scored on a two-run single by Chance Junkermann.
Bartlett got one back in the bottom of the first and then scored three in the bottom of the second to take a 4-2 lead.
The Panthers scored three runs in the top of the third to go ahead 5-4. Dawson Armstrong and Junkermann reached base safely and scored on a two-run single by Baron Meek. Taylor Pool also had an RBI single in the inning for Siloam Springs.
The floodgates opened on Siloam Springs after that. Bartlett scored 11 runs in the bottom of the third and five more in the fourth to take the run-rule victory in five innings.
Josh Hunt took the loss on the mound for Siloam Springs, while Dalton Marsh, Jacob Rowe and A.J. Serrano also saw time on the bump.
In the second game of the day, Collierville scored in every inning to take a mercy-rule win in five innings.
Collierville scored two runs in the first, four in the second, eight in the third and three in the fourth.
The Panthers recorded two hits offensively, one each from Hawbaker and Junkermann. Cook took the loss on the mound. Landon Nickell and Dawson Armstrong also pitched for Siloam Springs.
Up next
The Panthers continued in the Best of the West Tournament in the Memphis area on Tuesday. Results were not available at presstime. They are scheduled to play a final game today against Haywood, Tenn., in Covington, Tenn.
The Panthers will return to action on Monday against Providence Academy.
Sports on 03/22/2017