MHS Baseball Splits Prairieland Contests

The Macomb High baseball team returned to action this week, playing a pair of Prairieland Conference contests.

Monday afternoon at Phil Bradley Field, visiting Farmington built a 7-0 lead before hanging on late to claim an 8-6 victory.

The Farmers scored twice in the opening inning before adding three runs in the third and two more in the fifth.

Macomb finally broke its scoring ice with two in the bottom of the sixth.

Isaac Leinbach started the inning with a single to left. Drew Watson hit into a fielder’s choice at short, forcing Leinbach out at second for the first out.