Sikeston Silver Sox at SEMO Spartans

The SEMO Spartans 19-and-under baseball team hosted the Sikeston under-17 Silver Sox on Monday at East Park in Dexter. The game was called in the bottom of the second because of rain.

The Spartans' Gage McNeil delivers a first-inning pitch. He struck out four and walked one in two shutout innings.DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith

The Spartans' Peyton Driskill (21) hands the bat to Eli Ford after the latter scored on a bases-loaded hit-batsman in the first inning.DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith

Spartans coach Brian Becker (right) and Camden Riley talk as the Silver Sox coach makes a mound visit in the first inning.DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith

The Spartans' Carson Bell tosses the bat toward the dugout after drawing a first-inning walk.DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith

The Spartans' Garrett Henson hits the ball to third base during the first inning but reaches base on an error by the third baseman.DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith