MOUND CITY — After being crushed in their first game, the Marmaton Valley High baseball team squeaked out a one-run victory at Jayhawk-Linn Thursday night.
The Wildcats were run-ruled in three innings in game one, 15-0, after Jayhawk-Linn scored nine runs in the second inning off Marmaton Valley pitcher Wyatt Ard. In game two, the Wildcats scored a late run in the top of the seventh to take a 9-8 victory.
Game one
Ard was hit with 11 runs on nine hits in only two innings in his start on the mound. Jayhawk-Linn plated two runs in the first inning, nine runs in the second and four runs in the third. The Jayhawks combined for a total of 11 hits and four walks.
Dylan Nickelson led Jayhawk-Linn at the plate, driving in a team-high three runs while Austin Nation and Bryton Spencer each drove in two runs. Trevor Brownback, Nickelson and Nation each had a team-high two hits.
Nickelson allowed only one hit to Marmaton Valley’s lineup, a Chase Smith knock. Nicholson also struck out eight and went scoreless through three innings.
Game two
The Wildcats struck first and it propelled them the rest of the way in a 9-8 victory.
Marmaton Valley scored two runs in the first inning, four runs in the second and two runs in the third to take an 8-4 lead heading to the fourth inning. Jayhawk-Linn knotted the game at 8-8 after they scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth.
In the top of the seventh, the Wildcats brought the winning run home for the 9-8 win.
Tyler Lord and Smith each drove in a team-high three runs while Dylan Drake knocked in another. Lord and Smith each had two hits while Brayden Lawson and Drake each scored a team-high two runs.
Lord started on the mound for Marmaton Valley and went four innings, allowing eight runs on eight hits with four strikeouts. He also walked three Jayhawks. Dominic Smith tossed the final three innings in relief, shutting out Jayhawk-Linn while allowing only three hits and striking out four.
Nation got the start on the mound for the Jayhawks and was bashed with eight runs, six hits and three walks. He struck out two Wildcats.
Marmaton Valley travels to Northeast on Monday at 4:30 p.m.
