SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Five different players had multiple hits and Cole Gayman dazzled on the mound as Webb City rolled to a 10-0 win over Hillcrest on Friday in the LAEL Leadoff Classic.
Flave Darnell’s Cardinals are now 4-0.
Up 3-0 after four innings, Webb City used a seven-run fifth to end the game early.
The Cardinal out-hit the Hornets 13-4. Devrin Weathers, Treghan Parker, Jeremiah Leaming, Eric Fitch and Gayman recorded two hits apiece. Parker smacked a home run, while Shane Noel and Parker both hit doubles.
A senior right-hander, Gayman scattered four hits and walked just one. The Missouri Southern recruit struck out nine in five innings of work.
Gayman threw 74 pitches, and 50 were strikes.
In a two-run third, Weathers recorded a run-scoring single, while Matt Woodmansee later contributed an RBI ground out.
Leaming hit a sac fly in the fourth, scoring Gavin Stowell.
Parker’s solo homer to right made it 4-0 in the fifth. The Cardinals were just getting started.
Woodmansee singled, Noel doubled and Gayman hit an RBI single. After Eli Goddard’s single, Leaming drove in another run with a line drive to left.
Fitch’s RBI single to center scored Goddard and made it 8-0.
Webb City hosts Monett at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Chuck Barnes Field.
