PITTSBURG — The Iola AA American Legion Indians went 2-1 at the MOKAN Legion Showdown in Pittsburg over the weekend.
The Indians (19-5) used some dominant pitching in both their victories as Logan Page and Trey Sommer each gave up one run across their five- and seven-inning starts, respectively, in 4-1 and 11-1 wins.
The only blemish was a 6-5 loss to Sedalia.
Vs. Lee’s Summit Outlaws Post 189 — 4-1 win
Sommer’s RBI double keyed a three-run seventh inning as Iola broke open what had been a pitchers duel Saturday afternoon.
Page allowed one run on two hits through seven innings with 10 strikeouts. He walked two.
Sommer homered to center field in the top of the third inning to put Iola ahead, 1-0.
Lee’s Summit knotted the score in the bottom of the fourth when Charles Wanashko scored on a wild pitch for the 1-1 tie.
Sommer’s RBI double pushed Iola ahead 2-1 in the seventh. Sam Hull and Kaiden Barnett added RBI singles for the final tally.
Page shut down the Lee’s Summit bats after that as they went down 1-2-3 in the seventh.
Sommer led the way with two hits and two RBIs. McKarnin also had two hits.
vs. Sedalia Travelers Post 642 — 6-5 loss
Sedalia scored four times in the bottom of the seventh to storm back and stun the Indians in walk-off fashion.
Trevor Church started for Iola and took a rare loss, throwing six-plus innings while allowing six runs on 10 hits with three strikeouts. McKarnin came on in relief and allowed a hit with a strikeout.
Iola’s three-run seventh inning broke open a 2-2 deadlock, but it wasn’t enough to claim the victory.
