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A long successful weekend of baseball for the Doenges Toyota Indians finished just shy of a title on Sunday in Mountain Home, Arkansas.

Bartlesville made it to the finals of the Twin Lakes Classic for the second time in five years but couldn’t quite bring home the first-place trophy.

Bartlesville made the championship game after winning a heavyweight battle with the homestanding Mountain Home, Lockerroom, 8-7 in the semifinals.

The Tribe trailed until a six-run fourth inning put Bartlesville on top, only for Mountain Home to tie it in the sixth.

Following a nearly two-hour rain delay, three batters into the top of the seventh, Bartlesville would recapture the lead for good on this double down the line from Hunter Shea. 

Bartlesville had escaped a bases-loaded jam defensively in the bottom of the sixth to preserve a tie, thanks to a monster strike out from Grant Clark on the mound. The game had restarted after a lengthy delay at an alternate ballpark across town. Clark’s strikeout came on the first full batter he faced at the other stadium.

Once in the championship game, Bartlesville played sharp again against Jeff City, Missouri, but fell 5-2. Jeff City scored three unearned runs in the middle part of the game and Bartlesville could never respond. The Indians out-hit their opponent 8-6.

This Clark double tied the game in the fourth. 

Bartlesville goes 3-2 in the event and stands at 7-10 on the summer. Day off on Monday for the Tribe before a busy week restarts on Tuesday on the road.