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DEXTER - The Dexter high school baseball team scored eight runs in the final two innings to beat Cape Central 8-5 Wednesday afternoon.
Jason Mattison secured a complete-game victory for Dexter. He allowed seven hits and struck out six.
Mattison, Colton Averett and Nick Noble had consecutive two-out RBI hits for Dexter in the bottom of the fifth inning.
A sacrifice fly by Dexter's Dalton Manuel tied the game at 5-5 in the bottom of the sixth inning. Cody Neldon followed with a two-run homer to put Dexter on top 7-5. Dexter added an unearned run later in the sixth to set the final score.
Josh Morse, who pitched the first 5 1/3 innings for Cape Central, drove home Cape Central's first run from third base when he grounded out in the top of the first.
Tyler Myers had a two-RBI single in the top of the fourth inning. Hayden Lynn also collected an RBI in the top of the fourth on a ground out.
Cape Central led 4-0 after four innings.
Dexter returns to action Thursday when it hosts Sikeston.
Cape Central 100 301 0 - 5 7 4
Dexter 000 044 x - 8 7 3
WP - Jason Mattison. LP - Josh Morse. HR - Cody Neldon (D). 2B - Colton Averett (D), Matt Chism (C), Trevor Propst (C). Multiple hits - Dexter: Averett 2-4.
__Chaffee 16, East Prairie 6__
EAST PRAIRIE -- Cody Payne had four hits and six RBIs as Chaffee pounded out 17 hits during a 16-6 road victory over East Prairie Wednesday.
Layton Tenkhoff picked up the win on the mound after throwing five innings and allowing four hits and four earned runs. He also struck out six.
Mack Marcum and Seth Bays each had two hits for East Prairie
Chaffee 413 010 7 -- 16 17 0
East Prairie 110 020 2 -- 6 5 4
WP -- Layton Tenkhoff. LP -- Mack Marcum. Multiple hitters: (C) Devon Yahn 2-6, Cody Payne 4-6, Tenkhoff 2-3, Jordan Kinder 2-4, Storm Estes 2-5, Ryan Lohmann 2-4, Cole Hanna 3-5. (E) Marcum 2-2, Seth Bays 2-3. 2B: (C) Payne, Kinder. (E) Dustin Bryars.
__Portageville 15, Malden 0__
PORTAGEVILLE -- The Portageville Bulldogs baseball team won the Bootheel Conference Tournament after a 15-0 win over Malden Wednesday in five innings in Portageville.
Hunter Cook received the win on the mound
Second-seeded Portageville (16-7) defeated Holcomb in the first round then knocked off South Pemiscot in the semifinal.