CHEROKEE — A promising start for Marmaton Valley High baseball Monday — Wyatt Ard’s RBI double scored Dominic Smith to give the Wildcats a quick 1-0 lead over host Southeast – soon turned sour.
Southeast evened the score in the bottom of the inning, and then took advantage of five walks and a dropped third strike to kickstart a 13-run second inning.
By the time the dust cleared, the Wildcats were on the short end of a 16-1 defeat.
Brevyn Campbell had Marmaton Valley’s only other hit, a second-inning single.
A similar pattern followed in Game 2.
Brevyn Campbell walked to lead off the game and scored on an Ard single to give MV a 1-0 lead. But Southeast responded with another wallop, scoring eight in the first inning as part of an 18-3 victory.
Chase Smith was hit by a pitch to lead off MV’s third inning. He moved up to second on a balk and third on a passed ball before scoring on Dylan Drake’s RBI single. Drake then stole a second and scored when Ard delivered his second RBI single of the game.
The losses drop Marmaton Valley to 1-5 on the season. The Wildcats are at Crest Thursday.
