Moberly made the most of its first appearance in the WOW Wood Bat Tournament completing a Blue Division championship with a 2-0 win over Savannah in St. Joseph on Saturday. Spartan pitching held their three opponents to a combined three runs and 11 hits in extending their winning streak to nine games.
In the championship game, Mitchell Bruce pitched six innings of three-hit ball for his fourth win of the season and Max Richardson struck out two in a 1-2-3 7th for his third save of the season. Both earned our Outstanding Player of the Game Award from Freeman Financial and Insurance. Jackson Engel provided the only run they would need in the 1st inning….
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. Engel then scored on a wild pitch.
Earlier in the day, the Spartans defeated Owensville in the semis 3-1. Engel drove in all three runs, including this big hit in the bottom of the 6th inning….
Engel had seven RBI in the tournament. Kyler Fanning was our Freeman Player of the Game. He pitched a complete game allowing one run on five hits, with seven strikeouts and no walks to improve to 2-0.
Top ranked Moberly won six games in six days by giving up just eight runs and comes out of the week with a record of 17-2. The Spartans will visit Centralia on Tuesday. The Panthers beat Maryville 4-1 to claim consolation in the White division.
Savannah postgame with Brandon Boyer:
Owensville postgame with Brandon Boyer:
