Richardson Starts And Ends The Spartans Win Over Fayette With A Hailstorm In Between

Max Richardson and Kyler Fanning combined for Moberly’s second straight five-inning no-hitter, in a 10-0 shutout of Fayette on Thursday. The duo combined for 14 strikeouts and two walks. The only Falcon contact in play was a ground ball out in the 5th.

Richardson walked the first batter of the game and then dominated through three innings….

Brad Boyer with the call on NEMOPressbox.com. Richardson also ended the game….

Along with his nine strikeouts out of 10 batters faced, Richardson went 2-3 at the plate with 2 RBI and a run scored in earning our Freeman Financial and Insurance Outstanding Player of the Game. The 4th ranked Spartans improve to 4-0 with their third straight run-rule victory and fourth straight game scoring double digit runs. Moberly will have a top ten matchup at 9th ranked Southern Boone on Friday.

Fayette drops to 1-2 and will start Central State 8 play by hosting Harrisburg on Monday. The game was delayed around 45 minutes by a storm that covered the field with marble-sized hail.

postgame with Brandon Boyer:

postgame with Andy Oeth: