WEBB CITY 14, ST. MARY’S COLGAN 4
WEBB CITY, Mo. — In the regular season finale, Webb City overcame an early four-run deficit in a big way with 14 unanswered runs en route to a run-rule non-conference victory.
Ranked 10th in Class 5, Webb City ends the regular season with a record of 16-15.
The Panthers plated four runs in the second on two hits, two errors, two walks and a hit batter, but the Cardinals got on the board in the bottom half on Aidan Brock’s RBI single.
Down 4-1, the hosts took the lead for good with a five-run third.
During the big inning, Jeremiah Leaming delivered a two-run double, William Hayes contributed a run-scoring ground out, Leaming came home on a wild pitch and Brantley Carter smacked an RBI double into left field for a 6-4 lead.
Webb City added two runs in the fourth. Cy Darnell doubled, took third on an error and came home on Cade Wilson’s RBI groundout. Leaming tripled and later scored on Hayes’ run-scoring double to the wall in left.
In the three-run fifth, Darnell’s two-run triple made it 10-4. Darnell later scored from third on a wild pitch.
Webb City added three runs in the sixth to end the game early. Eric Fitch smacked a two-run single to left before Darnell hit a game-ending triple into deep right-center.
Webb City recorded 15 hits.
A junior shortstop, Cy Darnell went 4-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored.
Leaming, Hayes, Brock and Carter all contributed two hits apiece, while Fitch, Kolton Eilenstein and Kaylor Darnell had one hit apiece. Fitch, Leaming and Hayes drove in two runs apiece.
Gage Chapman was the winning pitcher. He tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings. Fitch went the final two innings and did not allow a hit.
Colgan’s Kysen Bennett took the loss after allowing six runs, three earned, on five hits in 2 1/3 innings. The Panthers had five hits, two by Connor VanBecelaere.
Second-seeded Webb City will take on seventh-seeded Grandview at 2 on Saturday at Neosho’s Roy B. Shaver Field in a quarterfinal contest of the Class 5 District 7 tournament.
PIERCE CITY 9, MCAULEY 5
Pierce City scored four runs in the final three innings to pull away for a win over McAuley to close out the Warriors’ regular season.
The Eagles took control with four runs in the first inning before a single tally put them up 5-0 through 2 1/2 innings. In the bottom of the third inning, McAuley answered back with four runs to trim the lead to one. Pierce City scored twice in the five and once in the sixth before both teams traded runs in the seventh.
Jarrett Dombroski earned the complete-game win after allowing five runs on nine hits, two walks and four strikeouts in seven innings.
Rocco Bazzano-Joseph took the loss after allowing five runs, one earned, on four hits, three strikeouts and four walks in four innings. Michael Parrigon allowed four runs, one earned, on three hits, three walks and six strikeouts in three innings.
Bazzano-Joseph had two hits, an RBI and scored a run. Jack Jones had a hit, an RBI and a run scored.
Kris Cloud had three hits, including a double and triple, and scored a run, while Robert Leavitt had three hits, two runs scored and an RBI. Luke Perry had two hits and two RBI.
McAuley
McAuley is the second seed in the Class 1 District 7 Tournament and takes on the winner of third-seeded Exeter and sixth-seeded Greenfield on Monday at Hurley High School.
