(Springfield, MO)--The Missouri state high school baseball championships are underway at Meador Park.
It's the sixth straight year that the baseball championships have been held in Springfield.
In a Class 1 semifinal the Norwood Pirates squared off with Sturgeon.
Norwood trying to advance to the championship for the first time ever.
The Pirates open the scoring on this pass ball that scores Cody Hull it's 1-nothing.
Norwood's Hull was throwing b-b's he strikes out Sam Pollock looking here.
And then in the third, the senior would snag this line drive, Cody Hull would pitch a one hitter.
Norwood gives him more offense in the fourth, Chase McIntosh with the bloop single to center, Ryan Forrest scores it's 4-nothing.
The Pirates slam the door in the fifth, Riley Jenkins singles to center, Jordan Chadwell scores it's 5-nothing.
It was 6-nothing when McIntosh again singles to left, Dakota Potter scores, Norwood shuts out Sturgeon and advances to the championship game 10-nothing.
"There's always going to be nerves when you play in the Final Four," said Norwood pitcher Cody Hull. "But we came out and started out hitting the ball really early. And that gave me some cushion and I owe my teammates a lot of credit for that. Definitely coming out and scoring early takes a lot of pressure off you.."
"We kind of kept the rah-rah to a minimum," said Norwood senior Chase McIntosh. "We just wanted to come up here and ultimately we needed to win this game to get to the game we wanted to play. We really kept focus this week and obviously it showed in the game."
It's the sixth straight year that the baseball championships have been held in Springfield.
In a Class 1 semifinal the Norwood Pirates squared off with Sturgeon.
Norwood trying to advance to the championship for the first time ever.
The Pirates open the scoring on this pass ball that scores Cody Hull it's 1-nothing.
Norwood's Hull was throwing b-b's he strikes out Sam Pollock looking here.
And then in the third, the senior would snag this line drive, Cody Hull would pitch a one hitter.
Norwood gives him more offense in the fourth, Chase McIntosh with the bloop single to center, Ryan Forrest scores it's 4-nothing.
The Pirates slam the door in the fifth, Riley Jenkins singles to center, Jordan Chadwell scores it's 5-nothing.
It was 6-nothing when McIntosh again singles to left, Dakota Potter scores, Norwood shuts out Sturgeon and advances to the championship game 10-nothing.
"There's always going to be nerves when you play in the Final Four," said Norwood pitcher Cody Hull. "But we came out and started out hitting the ball really early. And that gave me some cushion and I owe my teammates a lot of credit for that. Definitely coming out and scoring early takes a lot of pressure off you.."
"We kind of kept the rah-rah to a minimum," said Norwood senior Chase McIntosh. "We just wanted to come up here and ultimately we needed to win this game to get to the game we wanted to play. We really kept focus this week and obviously it showed in the game."
