Iola High’s junior varsity baseball team chalked up two wins at home Thursday night.
The Mustangs defeated visiting Independence High’s Bulldogs 6-3.
Junior varsity games are five-inning contests, but not the second game Thursday night. The Mustangs and Bulldogs had to play one extra inning to decide the game. Iola had to come up with a run in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game and force the extra inning.
Alex Bauer and Kohl Endicott drew walks then Brock Peters was hit by a pitch. Iola had the bases loaded with no outs in the sixth in a 7-7 game. Eric Heffern delivered an RBI single for the winning hit.
The teams were tied 5-5 after two innings in the second game. Independence scored two in the third and Iola got one run.
Down 7-6, Trent Latta worked a one-out walk in the Mustangs’ fifth inning. Latta stole both second and third bases and scored the equalizing run on a wild pitch.
Tyler Tomlinson got the pitching win in relief. He pitched two innings of one-hit, shutout baseball. He walked one and struck out one.
Tyler Clubine started and worked two innings, charged with seven runs on five hits and four walks with one strikeout. Latta threw two innings, allowing two hits and striking out four.
Derrick Weir had two doubles and four RBIs. Endicott doubled. Heffern, Thealvin Minor, Bauer and Wyatt Hines each singled.
In the opener, Shae Beasely was the winning pitcher for Iola, going three innings and giving up three runs on five hits, two walks and two hit batters. He struck out four.
Drew Faulhaber pitched two no-hit, scoreless innings. He hit two batters and struck out one.
Beasley hit a single and a double. Latta, Faulhaber and Clubine each had a double. Weir, Cole Morrison and Austin Snyder each had a single.
