OTTUMWA —
The Moulton-Udell baseball team ended a difficult week with a long day of baseball on Thursday, closing out the regular season with a Bluegrass Conference sweep of Melcher-Dallas.
The Eagles won the first game 2-1 in 10 innings and took the second game 10-8.
Much of the Moulton-Udell squad — and community — attended the funeral of Dyllan Lawson Thursday morning before the game. Lawson, 19, passed away last week. He was a 2010 graduate of M-U and a former teammate of every player on the Eagle squad.
“It was a real emotional day for our kids,” said M-U coach Brent Martsching. “They all had a long week and a longer day, and I’m real proud of all of them.”
Zach Boettcher’s one-out RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Eagles a huge 2-1 win in the first game. Kyle Neher took the win on the mound, in one inning of scoreless relief of Kalen Martsching. Martsching pitched the limit — nine innings, alllowing just one run in the first inning. At one point, he had retired 22 straight batters.
Boettcher also hit an RBI single in the first inning in support of his pitcher.
In the nightcap, Quentin Fowler belted a two-run double in the seventh to break up an 8-8 tie. Fowler had three RBI in that contest, while Trey Stansberry hit two doubles and knocked in two runs.
Moulton-Udell is now 12-9 overall and finishes the Bluegrass loop with a 9-5 conference record, good enough to tie for second place in the league. Murray was conference champ at 12-2.
The Eagles will get some rest before they open up district play with action at Twin Cedars on Tuesday. The Eagles and the Sabers split during the regular season.
Moulton-Udell 2, Melcher-Dallas 1 (10)
M-D 100 000 000 0 — 1 1 1
M-U 100 000 000 1 — 2 4 1
Moulton-Udell battery — Kalen Martsching (ND) (9IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 6K, 3BB), Kyle Neher (W, 4-2) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1K, 1BB) Brydon Lawson catching.
Hits — Zach Boettcher 2-for-4, Martsching 1-for-5, Trey Stansberry 1-for-4.
RBI — Boettcher 2. Runs — Martsching, Quentin Fowler.
Moulton-Udell 10, Melcher-Dallas 8
M-U 030 230 2 — 10 13 3
M-D 200 051 0 — 8 8 4
Moulton-Udell battery — Neher (ND) (3 1/3IP, 1H, 2R, 2ER, 2K, 3BB), Fowler (1 IP, 5H, 5R, 4ER, 1K, 0BB) Stansberry (W 1-0) 2 2/3 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1K, 2BB) Lawson catching.
2B — Martsching, Grey McCoy, Stansberry 2.
Hits — Stansberry 3-for-4, McCoy 2-for-3, Martsching 2-for-4, Fowler 2-for-3, Neher 2-for-4, Clinton Scott 1-for-3, David Sheets 1-for-4.
RBI — Martsching, Fowler 3, Stansberry 2, Neher, McCoy, Sheets. Runs — Martsching 3, Scott, McCoy, Sheets 2, Stansberry 3.
Comets down Harmony, 11-1
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PEKIN — The Cardinal baseball team took an 11-1 win over Harmony in Southeast Iowa SuperConference action on Thursday.
Charlie Rachford batted 2-for-3 while Trevor Kayser and Dakota Showman each had an RBI for the Comets, now 6-17 on the season.
Showman earned the win on the mound, allowing the one unearned run on just two Harmony hits while fanning six batters.
Cardinal returns to action tonight at Danville and will open Class 2A District play at Eddyville-Blakesburg on Satruday.
Cardinal 11, Harmony 1 (6)
Harm 000 001 — 1 2 7
Card 131 222 — 11 5 2
Cardinal battery — Dakota Showman (W, 1-3) (6IP, 2H, 1R, 0ER, 6K, 1BB), Ty Short catching.
Hits — Josh Kent 1-for-3, Short 1-for-3, Charlie Rachford 2-for-3, Neil Urtado 1-for-1.
RBI — Trevor Kayser, Showman. Runs — Kent 2, Kayser, Caleb Schwartz, Short 2, Rachford 2, Austin Deshler 2, Showman.
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