WASHBURN, Mo. — Southwest used a four-run third inning to fuel a 6-5 win over McAuley Catholic on Wednesday.
McAuley (5-10) held a 2-0 lead after scoring single tallies in the second and third innings, with Joe Staton highlighting the scoring with a run-scoring single in the third, before Southwest (6-10) took control with four runs touching home in the last of the third.
Each team traded two runs in the fifth before the Warriors cut the lead to one in the seventh with an RBI single from Bradley Wagner. Southwest snuffed the Warriors’ comeback bid shortly after.
Hunter Barnes earned the win after allowing four runs, two earned, on three hits, four walks and four strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Michael Parrigon took the loss after allowing four runs on one hit, seven walks and four strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings.
Bradley Wagner had two hits and an RBI, while Rocco Bazzano-Joseph doubled and scored twice. Parrigon had a hit, drove in two and scored once.
McAuley hosts El Dorado Springs on Saturday.
