Last seasonís matchup between Sikeston and Marion (Ill.) ended in walk-off fashion in extra innings, for the Bulldogs.
On Monday, the result was the same, as the Bulldogs outlasted the Wildcats, 5-4, in nine innings.
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Sikeston's Tyler Gilmer delivers a pitch, on Monday, April 15, 2019, in a high school baseball game, against Marion (Ill.), at VFW Memorial Ballpark, in Sikeston.Liza King/Standard Democrat
Sikeston's Payton Howard and head coach Brett Kolons high-five after Howard's home run in the first inning of a high school baseball game, on Monday, April 15, 2019, against Marion (Ill.), at VFW Memorial Ballpark, in Sikeston.Liza King/Standard Democrat
Sikeston's Payton Howard (2) and Nate Self (13) celebrate after Howard's home run in the first inning of a high school baseball game, on Monday, April 15, 2019, against Marion (Ill.), at VFW Memorial Ballpark, in Sikeston.Liza King/Standard Democrat
Sikeston's Hayden Alcorn hits the ball, on Monday, April 15, 2019, in a high school baseball game, against Marion (Ill.), at VFW Memorial Ballpark, in Sikeston.Liza King/Standard Democrat
Sikeston's Payton Howard fields the ball, on Monday, April 15, 2019, in a high school baseball game, against Marion (Ill.), at VFW Memorial Ballpark, in Sikeston.Liza King/Standard Democrat
Sikeston's Payton Howard tries to tag out Marion's Drake Gravatt (14), on Monday, April 15, 2019, in a high school baseball game, at VFW Memorial Ballpark, in Sikeston.Liza King/Standard Democrat
Sikeston's Nate Self fields the ball, on Monday, April 15, 2019, in a high school baseball game against Marion (Ill.), at VFW Memorial Ballpark, in Sikeston.Liza King/Standard Democrat
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