Shawnee outlasts Kingfisher in seven innings

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SAFE! — Shawnee Muck Dog base-runner Ethan Marcum, left, gets back safely to first base before Kingfisher first baseman Kole Simon can get a tag applied on a pick-off throw during the fourth inning of Tuesday afternoon's 2011 OK Kids Midget State Tournament game at the Poteau Area Recreational Area. First-base umpire Greg Wilson watches the play. PDN Staff Photo by David Seeley

Things did not look too good for the Shawnee Muck Dogs in Tuesday's opening-round contest in the 2011 OK Kids Midget State Tournament at the Poteau Area Recreational Complex.
Trailing 4-0 after three innings, the Dogs rallied to tie the game at 4-4 in their last at-bat in the sixth inning and then won the contest 5-4 in seven innings to advance in the winner's bracket.
Shawnee (37-14) will play the Durant Rangers in a winner's-bracket game at 8 p.m. tonight.
Kingfisher (45-10) will face the Elk City Brown Sox at 4 p.m. this afternoon in an elimination contest.