It was a light night in Northeast Kansas League Legion baseball action, as Hiawatha and Sabetha were the only league teams in action, both in non-league matches. For up date NEK League standings
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Marysville hands Sabetha a loss at Somerset Park
Marysville scored early and late to defeat Sabetha 10-5. Marysville scored five runs in the top of the 2nd to start the scoring despite only getting one hit. Marysville was aided by four walks, a hit batsman and a pair of Sabetha errors. Sabetha was able to catch Marysville by scoring a pair of runs in their half of the second and three runs in the fourth. Marysville answered with a pair of runs with the big blow being a single by Garrett Eck after Josh Martinez was intentionally walked. Marysville added three runs in the 7th for the final margin.
Eck fininshed with a pair of hits for Marysville. Nolan Keim and Thaine Allen each had two hits for Sabetha.
Sabetha is now 13-4 (6-0 league) with the non-league loss and will prepare for a set of games against another non-league team in Clifton-Clyde, on Saturday at Somerset park with game times slated at 4:00 and 6:00pm.
Hiawatha Falls in Double-Header to Falls City
Falls City took a double-header over Hiawatha with a 8-0 five inning game one win. Falls City came back in game two from an 8-1 deficit to win 10-8 in which the game was called early due to lightning. Though Dakota Bayles pitched well in his three innings of work, Hiawatha's pitching staff wildness overall did them in, as Falls City plated nine runs on only four hits in the fourth inning. In game two Hiawatha's offense was lead by Jeff Costa who tallied a 2-3 game with two RBI's, Dakota Bayles finished 1-1 with a run scored, RBI and two walk's. Kyle White also had a multi-hit game with two runs scored, as Hiawatha actually out hit Falls City eight to seven in the lighting shorten game two.
Game one wasn't so kind to the Hiawatha offense has they only tallied three total hits in the game (Bayles, Parker Hasenkamp and White each tallied a hit). On top of Hiawatha's bat's being quieted in the game Falls City struck early with seven runs in the first two innings, scoring the ultimate dagger in the fifth to run-rule the match.
Hiawatha falls to 0-13 (0-8 league) and are still in search of their season first win as they play host to three teams starting today in the Hiawatha Tritsch Champions Tourney. Hiawatha will play Marysville tonight at 8:00pm, while the other matchup in the tournament is Atchison vs. Seneca at 6:00pm.
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