Top ranked Moberly rallied from down three runs to beat 7th ranked Fulton 4-3 in 8 innings to keep the Hornets from moving into a first place tie in the NCMC. The win Tuesday at General Omar Bradley Field came in walkoff fashion. With one out in the bottom of the 8th, Drew Smothers worked a walk and advanced to second on a fielders choice. Ashton Hunt face Gabe DeFily with two away….
Brad Boyer with the call on NEMOPressbox.com. Fulton scored three unearned runs on three Spartan errors in three of the first four innings to lead 3-0. Hornet All-Stater Ethan Milius was pulled from his start with the bases loaded and one out in the 5th, but reliever Gage Tiffany got Jackson Engel to hit into a double play. The Spartans stranded 10 runners in the game. In the bottom of the 6th, Moberly loaded the bases for a third time and pinch hitter Jay Lindsay brought in a run with a fielders choice. After a groundout, Smothers came up with a big two-out hit to tie the score….
Smothers was our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the game. He was 2-2, on base all four times, had two RBI and scored the winning run. Engel started and went 7-and-two-thirds with nine strikeouts, no walks and seven hits. Max Richardson got the final out in the 8th for the win.
It was the fifth win in a row for Moberly, to improve to 13-2. The Spartans are now 5-0 in the conference, while second place Fulton drops to 4-2. The Hornets had their four-game winning streak stopped and fall to 9-3 on the season. Moberly will host Osage on Thursday, before playing in the WOW Wood Bat Tournament in St. Joseph. The Spartans will open against 9th ranked Benton on Friday at 4:30 and we will have the broadcast on NEMOPressbox.com.
postgame with Brandon Boyer:
