Webb City beats Lebanon 7-4
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LEBANON, Mo. — The Webb City High School baseball team improved to 9-3 with a 7-4 win Tuesday over the Lebanon High School Yellowjackets at LHS.
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The Cardinals jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Braden Strickland got Webb City on the board with a single to left that plated Trevor Lofland.
The Redbirds then capitalized on a pair of Lebanon miscues. Marcus Young scored on an infield error, and Strickland later scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-0.
Webb City increased its lead to 4-0 in the top of the fourth when Karsen Myers was hit by a pitch with bases loaded, scoring Abel Getz.
Lebanon (3-8) trimmed the lead to 4-2 in the bottom of the fifth inning, courtesy of a Beckett York triple to center field that scored Malachi Simmonds and Cole Milliken. The Cardinals lead shrank to a single run at 4-3 when York scored on a Harrison Cranmer line drive single to left field.
Webb’s final three runs came in the top of the seventh. Strickland brought Mason Williams and Talan Haslip home with a single to center field and Mason Young made it a 7-3 game when he scored on a wild pitch.
Lebanon’s Cranmer hit a two-out single in the bottom of the frame that scored Austin Gilby, but that is all the Yellowjackets could muster as the Cardinals held on for the 7-4 win.
Strickland led the Redbirds offense, finishing 2 for 4 with three RBIs and a run. Young was 1 for 3 with two RBIs.
Webb City starter Tate Lewis earned the win after giving up one run on three hits. He struck out eight and walked one in four innings of work.
York went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and a run for Lebanon. Milliken finished 2 for 3 with a run.
York was tagged with the loss after giving up four runs (two earned) on four hits. He struck out six and walked two in five innings.
Webb City hosts Springfield Central High School (0-6) at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at home.