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The legion baseball season rolled along over the weekend with plenty of action for the Northeast Kansas League teams from last Friday to Sunday.
On Friday both Oskaloosa and Leavenworth where in non-league action as Oskaloosa lost a pair of road games against Ottawa and Leavenworth split with McLouth to earn their first win of the season.
The Marysville Classic also started on Friday with two NEKL teams in the tourney action. Sabetha continued their strong stretch going 2-1 in the tournament to take second place, while Corning went 1-2, picking up their first win of the season and taking seventh place in the tournament.
The tournament wrapped up Sunday and two League twinbills were taking place also on Sunday as Doniphan County swept Silver Lake and Seneca swept Leavenworth.
Sabetha Earns Second Place & Corning Picks Up First Win Taking Seventh at Marysville Classic
Riding a wave of success Sabetha continued to play well, while Corning struggled to start the 25th annual Marysville Classic but left the tournament on a high note with their first win of the season.
Sabetha built an early lead on Rock Creek in the first round up 3-0, but a four run fourth saw Sabetha give the lead up but only momentarily as they responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth. A Kaid Allen RBI single and Joe Gruber sacrifice fly brought in the runs and gave Sabetha the lead back. The hot bat of Allen added another run for Sabetha with his fourth RBI of the game as he had three hits in the contest. Up 6-3 Sabetha looking to finish off Rock Creek didn't have an easy time as Rock Creek loaded the bases in the seventh on an error, hit and walk but Trevor Kramer induce a game ending double play for Sabetha to win 6-4. Kramer partnered with Brett Stallbaumer pitched a solid game for Sabetha in the win.
In the Semifinals it was solid pitching and timely hitting that pushed Sabetha to a 4-3 win over Beloit. Joe Gruber tossed a complete game five-hitter for the win, but Beloit had four of those five hits in the fourth to score three and lead 3-2 at that point. Sabetha responded to capitalize on a Beloit error, using RBI singles from Brandon Brownlee and Preston Bruning regain the lead and ultimately the win.
Concordia stood in front of Sabetha in the Marysville Classic Championship game and while Sabetha held an early lead Concordia proved to be too much gaining the 9-5 win and giving Sabetha a second place finish in the tournament. Up 3-1 early Sabetha saw Concordia snag the lead with a four run second and while Sabetha drew with a 5-4 score in the bottom of the frame, Concordia added three in the third and grabbed the 9-5 win. Kramer pitched four and one-third innings giving up just one run, while Seth Burdick led the offense with two of Sabetha's only four hits. Sabetha with the 2-1 mark in the tournament moved to 12-4 on the season.
Corning went into the tournament in search of their first win of the season and by the end of the action picked up that first win. In the first round the offensive struggles continued for Corning as they took on the eventual tournament winner, Concordia and fell 13-0 in six innings and were no-hit. Jackson Glessner and Dalton Boeckman each pitched two innings in the loss.
In the consolation Semifinals Fairbury was the draw for Corning and the offensive woes continued as Corning mustered only three hits in the contest, while Fairbury made the best of their six hits partnered with eight walks and three Corning errors to win 12-0 in six inning. Braden Deters, Adam Kuckelman and Marshall Ruetti each had a hit in the loss for Corning.
Looking to finish the tournament strong Corning faced Rock Creek in the seventh place game and picked up their first win of the season, winning 6-3 to take seventh at the Marysville Classic. Corning capitalized on three walks in the first inning as Adam Kuckelman had an RBI single to highlight the frame and helped Corning take an early 3-0 lead. Each team posted a tally in the fourth and Corning added two in the fifth with three hits and an error. The pitching of Colton Buessing was strong in the game tossing the complete game giving up three runs (one earned) on six hits and one walk, while striking out 11. Offensively, Dustin Talley and Kuckelman each had a two-hit game in the win. The 1-2 performance at the Marysville Classic moved Corning to 1-8 on the season.
Ottawa Proves to Much for Oskaloosa in Non-League Double Header
Stepping out of League play Oskaloosa hit the road and took on Ottawa on Friday but struggled and fell in the twinbill 5-1 and 10-1 in six innings.
In game one Ottawa broke through with a five run third after Oskaloosa plated their lone in the top half of the inning and that would be all the scoring in the sending Oskaloosa to the 5-1 loss. Oskaloosa registered only four hits in the contest, but saw Ethan Burghart pitch solidly going six innings giving up five runs on six hits, while striking out four.
Game two was much of the same for Oskaloosa offensively registering only four hits again but Ottawa had 10 hits and scored early and plated a run in five of the six half innings at the plate to snag the 10-1 six inning win. Dalton VanHoutan took the loss on the mound going five plus innings.
The loss send Oskaloosa to 2-8 on the season as they have lost eight straight since opening the season with a pair of wins.
Leavenworth Splits with McLouth to Earn First Win of Season
Taking on McLouth for the second time this season Leavenworth was still looking for their first win of the year and with a 14-2 game one score was able to earn that win, but fell in game two 14-0 to McLouth.
Behind the pitching of Tanner Morris who gave up just four hits and one walk, while striking out 10 Leavenworth was able to cruise to the 14-2 game one win as the offense produce as well. Eli Schwinn had two hits including a double and had four RBI, while Reid Herken was on base four times with a double and three walks. Kelii Boose had a hit and Jacob Emerson drew two walks and registered a hit in the Leavenworth win.
Game two McLouth's, Dante Nelson proved to be to much for Leavenworth has he gave up just two walks and a hit. Preston Pfannenstiel had the lone Leavenworth in the 14-0 loss to McLouth.
The split moved Leavenworth to 1-11 on the season as they picked up their first win of the season.
Doniphan County Remains Unbeaten With Swept of Silver Lake
The strong performances continue on the baseball field for Doniphan County as they took on a solid Silver Lake team on the road in League action and picked up the 4-2 and 12-1 four inning victories.
Game one was a tight contest with Doniphan County up 3-1 early and ultimately securing the win by just two runs, 4-2. Nathan Gaarder led Doniphan County as he tossed a complete game giving up just two runs (one earned), while recording five strikeouts, while the offense was balanced for Doniphan County with Reid Greaser leading the way with two hits.
The nightcap proved to be all Doniphan County as they cruised to the 12-1 win in four innings as Greaser continued his strong day at the plate going 4-4 with five RBI to lead the offensive attack of Doniphan County. Luke Smith finished 2-3 with three runs scored, while Hunter Idol was 1-2 with three runs scored and Brody Winder tossed all four innings giving up an unearned run on one-hit with seven strikeouts.
The sweep pushed Doniphan County to 11-0 on the season and 8-0 in the League, while Silver Lake fell to 7-3 overall and 5-3 in League action.
Seneca Sweeps Leavenworth in League Double Header
Seneca traveled to Leavenworth and jumped back into the win column with a road double header sweep in the League action winning 5-1 and 19-3 in four innings.
Two runs in the second and third innings gave Seneca the early 4-1 lead as Leavenworth plated their lone run in the bottom of the third. For Seneca it was spread out offense with seven of the ten batters registering a hit to account for the five runs, while Leavenworth struggled with only two hits. Both teams had strong pitching as Dalton Hiltbrand earned the win for Seneca while Reid Herken pitched the whole game for Leavenworth taking the loss.
Game two saw Leavenworth take the inital 1-0 lead after one inning but with some younger players getting a chance in the contest some struggles came for Leavenworth and Seneca capitalized scoring nine in the second, seven in the third and three in the fourth to win the game 19-3 in four innings. Seneca out-hit Leavenworth 19-5 in the contest and six Leavenworth errors helped the Seneca cause in the victory. Both Tristan Allen and Cody Rottinghaus finished 3-3 with two RBI's and three runs scored each with a walk, while Rottinghaus had a home run. Kurtis Niehues went 3-4 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored and Chase Kramer had a 3-4 game with three runs scored. Preston Pfannenstiel had two of the five Leavenworth hits in the loss.
The double header sweep pushed Seneca to 7-3 on the season and 5-1 in League action, while Leaveworth fell to 1-13 overall and 0-8 in League play.
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