Jefferson City nips Blair Oaks in Wood Bat Tournament


Blair Oaks' Austin Kempker dives back to first on a pickoff attempt during Friday's game as Jefferson City's Seth Stegeman puts on the tag Friday in Ashland.
Blair Oaks' Austin Kempker dives back to first on a pickoff attempt during Friday's game as Jefferson City's Seth Stegeman puts on the tag Friday in Ashland.

If nothing else, Blair Oaks and Jefferson City made it an exciting finish.

Jefferson City's Ryan Gettinger lifted a sacrifice fly to center field in the bottom of the eighth to knock off Blair Oaks 5-4 Friday at the Ashland Wood Bat Tournament.

"I knew eventually, since we were swinging it well, we'd find some holes,"Jays coach Kyle Lasley said. Blair Oaks led 4-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, but the Jays tied it. Rylie Klosterman led off the inning with a single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and advanced to third on a wild pitch. He later came around to score when a ball went just off the outstretched glove of Austin Kempker in center field.

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Kempker made a diving catch to rob the next batter to send the game into extra innings.

Jefferson City got on the board in the first after Alex Johnson doubled and came around to score on a groundout.

The Falcons plated two in the second to take a 2-1 lead. Kempker doubled and came around to score on a Logan Bax single, and Logan Gratz also singled in a run in the inning.

The Falcons added two more in the fifth to take a 4-1 lead before the Jays mounted a rally with two runs in the sixth and the tying run in the seventh.