GARNETT — Iola’s AA Indians swept past Garnett’s Post 48 Muddogs by racking up 21 hits in 14-6 and 10-6 victories on the road Thursday.
The Indians (17-4) scored four runs in the first inning, followed by adding a run in every single inning in a 14-6 win. In game two, Iola’s Brandon McKarnin knocked in a team-high two runs in the 10-6 victory.
Game one — 14-6 win
The Indians’ first inning outburst at the plate told the story of how the rest of the night would unfold for Iola’s offense.
Kaiden Barnett got the win on the mound for Iola when he threw two innings in relief, allowing three runs on four hits and striking out three. Tre Wilson started on the mound and served up three runs in the first inning. Brandon McKarnin and Sam Hull tossed the final three innings.
The scoring barrage began in the first inning when Trey Sommer singled to center field to bring home Wilson for the 1-0 edge. Hull then grounded into a fielder’s choice at shortstop that plated Gavin Page for the 2-0 advantage.
Barnett then singled to center to score McKarnin and Hull for the 4-0 lead.
Garnett got on the board in the first as well when Kyle Belcher walked with the bases loaded to make it a 4-1 game. Easton Mead walked with the bases loaded to bring them within 4-2. The Muddogs added one more run in the first on a Porter Foltz RBI flyout to second.
Trevor Church took home on a Sommer dropped third strike for the 5-3 lead. McKarnin then singled to center field to drive home Page and make it 6-3.
Garnett added two more runs in the second on a Preston Kueser RBI single to center and a Dallas Kueser RBI single to second base to bring it within one, 6-5.
Church helped the Indians out even more in the third when he singled to left field to score Rogan Weir and Korbin Fountain for the 8-5 advantage.
The Muddogs plated their final run in the bottom of the third when Foltz scored on a passed ball to go ahead 8-6.
Sommer singled to right to bring home Wilson for the 9-6 edge in the fourth.
One inning later, Barnett singled to left field which brought home Weir for the 10-6 lead. Wilson then singled to left field to score Barnett for the 11-6 advantage and Page shot a sacrifice fly to left field which brought home Jack White for the 12-6 lead.
The Indians posted two more runs in the sixth when Barnett walked with the bases loaded and Logan Page poked a sacrifice fly to center field to bring home Hull for the 14-6 win.
