WEBB CITY 5, LEBANON 1
WEBB CITY, Mo. — Webb City won its fifth straight game by beating Lebanon 5-1 on Monday.
Webb City improved to 17-7 overall.
The Cardinals trailed early in Monday’s non-conference clash before plating runs in the third, fourth and sixth innings.
Lebanon (9-15) took a 1-0 lead in the second on Gracie Gilby’s home run, but the visitors would not score again.
The Cardinals tied it up in the third when Sydney Strickland tripled to right-center and then scored on a throwing error.
Webb City took the lead for good with two runs in the fourth. Karsyn Cahoon singled and later scored on Jensyn Pickett’s RBI double to left. Pickett came home on Strickland’s groundout for a two-run lead.
Dawsyn Decker’s RBI single and Abby Sargent’s run-scoring groundout extended Webb City’s lead to 5-1 in the sixth.
Webb City’s Laney Taylor earned the complete-game victory. She gave up one run on five hits and struck out four.
Lebanon’s Kamryn Luthy took the loss after surrendering five runs, four earned, on eight hits and three walks in six innings.
Strickland and Kylee Sargent had two hits apiece for the Cardinals.
Also of note, Webb City went 3-0 at this past weekend’s UCM Tournament, as the Cardinals earned wins over Lafayette County (16-0), Warrensburg (8-4) and Holden (8-7).
Webb City hosts Ozark on Tuesday in a COC clash.
NEOSHO 12, CASSVILLE 1 (5 INNINGS)
NEOSHO, Mo. — Neosho scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning to take control and added four more in the second before a three-run fourth allowed the Wildcats to end the game via run rule after five innings on Monday.
Olivia Emery earned the complete-game win after allowing a run on five hits and nine strikeouts in five innings.
Taylor Smith took the loss after allowing nine runs on nine hits, a walk and a strikeout in two innings.
Neosho’s five-run first inning included a sacrifice fly from Carleigh Kinnaird, an RBI single from Journey Arnall and Emery as well as a run-scoring double by Avyn Blair.
Kinnaird added an RBI double to kick off the scoring in the fourth inning before Kaylynn Pruitt came up with a pinch-hit RBI single to center field. Arnall capped the inning with a two-run home run to center to make the score 9-0.
Kinnaird doubled home a run to open the bottom half of the fourth inning, with Arnall and Emery adding RBI singles later to wrap the Wildcats’ scoring.
Arnall finished with three hits, including a homer, a team-high four RBI and two runs scored to lead Neosho at the plate. Kinnaird doubled twice, drove in three and scored twice. Beclynn Garrett finished with two hits and scored a team-high three runs.
Neosho (20-5) hosts Joplin on Tuesday.
NEVADA 4, CARTHAGE 0
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Nevada earned a win over Carthage on Monday with Peyton Eaton pitching a no-hitter for Nevada.
Eaton struck out nine and walked just one in seven innings. She went the distance on 66 pitches.
Ella Heathman, Kaleigh Johnson and Addison McInroy drove in one run apiece for Nevada.
Addie Wallace took the loss after allowing four runs on six hits. She struck out three.
