Rogan Weir sent the Iola AA Indians fans home happy on Thursday when he walked the game off on an RBI single to left which put an exclamation mark on a home sweep.
The Indians (6-2) began game one by jumping out to a four-run lead before Burlington made a comeback attempt in the final two innings but Iola held it off for an 8-6 win. Weir then walked it off in game two after Iola trailed all game except for the bottom of the fifth in a 6-5 victory.
“When it came time to be clutch and where we needed it most, guys stepped in,” Iola head coach Ethan Tavarez said. “Rogan had a tough night at the plate all night, hitting it kind of well, he was due and had a nice hit to left center to score the winner.”
“It was the best hit of the night and had him smiling which is a good thing,” said Tavarez.
Game one
Iola went ahead by three runs immediately in the bottom of the first, 3-0. Tre Wilson whacked an RBI single to left, Brandon McKarnin grounded out for a run in the next at bat for the 2-0 lead before Jack White grounded out to bring home the third run of the game.
Trevor Church started on the mound and earned the win for Iola after going 3.1 innings and allowing only one run on three hits with five strikeouts.
“We scored three in the bottom of the first and held them to nothing in the first and then we coasted and allowed them to come back in it a bit,” said Tavarez. “The big thing about it was the composure. Nobody got down and they all kept their heads up.” 
The Indians struck for more runs in the middle innings when Trey Sommer reached on an error to bring home a run in the third for the 4-0 advantage.
Burlington brought home their first run in the top of the fourth when an RBI single to left field off Trevor Church made it a 4-1 game.
Logan Page singled to right to bring home a run in the bottom of the fourth and make it 5-1. Gavin Page then scored on a balk by Burlington’s pitcher in the next at bat.
“We kept good vibes in the dugout and that was the biggest thing for us, everybody’s attitude,” Tavarez said. “We have a couple of injuries and kids out now, but I told them tonight as long as we hit the ball and have fun we’re still going to win ball games.”
In the bottom of the fifth, Weir came up with an RBI single to right which made it a 7-1 game. G. Page then singled to left to make it 8-1.
In the top of the sixth, Burlington scored on an error by Sommer behind the plate to make it 8-2 before a ground ball single and an error brought two runs home for the 8-4 score in the sixth. The road team wasn’t finished in the sixth when an RBI fielder’s choice made it 8-5.
Burlington responded with one more run in the top of the seventh on an RBI single to left which made it 8-6.
