The sun and the heat were unforgiving Saturday morning and afternoon as the Post 15 Indians slogged their way to a split on the final day of the Fort Scott tournament at the LaRoche Baseball Complex.
The Indians fell in a rematch to the Kansas Indians of Fort Scott 3-1 (they lost 7-0 on Friday) before beating the Central Missouri Phenom 14-5 in six innings.
The games move the Indians to a 14-4 record.
Everything that normally comes easy didnt come hardly at all in Iolas first game.
Hits were few and far between with Iola grabbing four total by games end.
Starter Derek Bycroft had an uncharacteristically rocky start, allowing two Kansas Indian runs in the first inning. Bycroft got himself back in it and only allowed just one more run while striking out six.
It seems weird when (By-croft) gives up that many runs because we expect so much out of him, head coach Levi Ashmore said. But he settled in and competed for us. We should be able to overcome three runs and win a baseball game.