Anna shot its way to the lead in the first quarter, kept the lead when Fort Recovery made runs and advanced to the Division VI region semifinals to face Tri-Village.
Tied 4-4 in the eighth, the bullpen allowed a crash that sent the Buckeyes to their seventh loss of the season, 8-6, to Baylor. Read Hal McCoy from Arlington.
He won 196 games and pitched 140 complete games in an 18-year career with the Reds, Washington Senators, the Dodgers, the Astros, Cardinals, and White Sox. Claude Osteen knows something about the art of pitching.
Versailles battled to the end, shaving down double-digit deficits three times. But the final push was too late, and Clark Montessori claimed the regional title 62-57.
