WILLARD, Mo. — The Neosho Wildcats went 0-4 at the Willard Lead-Off Tournament.
In Saturday’s prep baseball action, Lebanon defeated Neosho 12-8 and Glendale topped the Wildcats 5-0.
On Friday, Kickapoo defeated Neosho 10-6 and Willard topped the Wildcats 11-4.
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Neosho’s game with Lebanon was tied at seven after the top of the fifth inning. But the Yellowjackets plated a run in the bottom half and then added four more in the sixth.
The Wildcats pushed across a single tally in the seventh, but it wasn’t enough.
Neosho’s Jose Ortega went 2-for-4 with four RBI, while Brett Slavens drove in two runs on two hits. River Brill, Lane Yost and Ryan Cargile scored two runs apiece.
Carter Baslee was one of five pitchers used by Neosho, and he took the loss.
Lebanon’s Drew McBride was the winning pitcher.
The Wildcats were limited to three hits in the loss to Glendale.
Slavens, Cargile and Eli Zar had one hit apiece.
Brill went 4 2/3 innings on the mound and allowed four earned runs on six hits while striking out four. Karson Thomas threw 1 1/3 innings in relief and did not allow a hit or a run.
Glendale starting pitcher Caimon Kufahl went the distance and struck out 10.
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Against Kickapoo, Neosho’s Slavens went 3-for-4 with four RBI, while Yost went 2-for-3. Wyatt Keplar drove in two runs.
Keplar gave up eight runs on five hits in 2 2/3 innings while striking out five. Austin Rodriguez and Thomas also pitched.
Kickapoo’s Rhett Hendricks, Noah Wilkinson and Luke Quackenbush drove in two runs apiece. Evan Vienhage was the winning pitcher. He scattered four hits and struck out five in four innings.
The nightcap was tied at 1 when Willard scored eight unanswered runs to take control.
The Wildcats had six hits. Ortega went 2-for-3, while Flynn, Cargile, Keplar and Slavens had one hit apiece.
Brill, Keplar and Slavens had one RBI apiece.
Carter Fenske went three innings on the mound and allowed four earned runs on five hits while striking out four. Wyatt Shadwick, Carson Williams and Baslee pitched one inning apiece.
Willard’s Evan Gaunt gave up one run in five innings while striking out four. Blake Hultgren hit a two-run home run.
Neosho hosts St. Mary’s Colgan at 4:30 on Tuesday.
