CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carthage scored in every inning en route to a 14-4 win over Branson in five innings on Tuesday.
Jensyn Elder earned the win in the circle after limiting Branson to four runs, three earned, on six hits, a walk and nine strikeouts.
Peyton Bonsey took the loss after allowing 14 runs, 11 earned, on 17 hits, four walks and two strikeouts.
Carthage erased a 2-1 deficit in the second when Landry Cochran singled to left to score Katie Crowe, tying the game at 2-2. Natalie Rodriguez added a two-run single to center later in the frame, with Makayla Jennings following with a run-scoring single to center field to push the lead to 5-2.
Branson trimmed the lead to 5-4 in the third after a sacrifice fly and an RBI single by Bonsey, but the Tigers answered right back in the bottom half of the frame with RBI singles from Jordyn Jones and Crowe.
Elder picked up an RBI with a single to short in the fourth. Rodriguez brought home a run in the fifth with a single to left before Jennings put the game out of reach with a three-run home run in the next at-bat to make the score 13-4. The game was ended on an RBI single from Jones.
Cochran had three hits and scored three times, with Presley Probert tallying three hits and scoring twice. Jennings and Rodriguez each had had two hits and combined for four runs and seven RBI. Elder, Jones and Crowe all had two hits in the win.