MORAN — The Marmaton Valley High baseball team opened by scoring five runs in the first inning of a 15-5 victory over Oswego at home Thursday.
Wyatt Ard started at pitcher for Marmaton Valley and threw six innings, allowing five runs on 10 hits with eight strikeouts.
The Wildcats tacked on one more run in the second inning for the 6-1 advantage followed by two more runs in the third for the 8-1 lead before Oswego plated four runs in the fourth and fifth to make the score 8-5.
The Wildcats then pulled away by scoring five runs in the bottom of the fifth and two more runs came across in the sixth for the 15-5 final score.
Marmaton Valley was able to get to Oswego starter Rayden Myers who was bashed with eight runs and 10 hits through three innings of work. Brevyn Campbell led the Wildcats at the plate with three hits and four RBIs while Chase Smith, Lucas Bloemer and Ard each drove in two.
Ard also collected three hits while Dylan Drake, Kason Bessecker and C. Smith each had two hits. In all, Marmaton Valley had 15 hits and 11 RBIs as well as six walks.
Two of Oswego’s runs came from Jake Hutchinson while Connor Minor, Tate Perona and Myers each knocked in one run.
Marmaton Valley travels to Jayhawk-Linn next Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
