Moberly struggles at Fulton tournament

The Moberly Spartans send their baseball team to Fulton to compete in the Fulton baseball tournament that runs through May 7^th.

Moberly played Southern Boone in the first game and took the victory by a final of 3-1. Dylan Huffman got the ball for Moberly and went 5 2/3 innings giving up 4 hits and 1 run. Corey Embree came on in relief and pitched 1 1/3 innings and struck out 2 to pick up the save.

Derek Fletcher and Dylan Huffman had 2 hits and an RBI while Tegan Seitz had a hit and 1 RBI.

In the second game Moberly took on tournament host Fulton, in doing so they also made up a previously rained out scheduled game from April 27^th. If you were to look at the stats from the game without looking at the final score most would guess that Moberly won the matchup but this wasn’t the case. Moberly had a few key errors in the game that allowed Fulton the opportunity to score. Fulton capitalized on the miscues by scoring 11 runs on 8 total hits. Moberly starting pitcher Austin Nickerson gave up 8 runs on three hits only 5 of the runs were earned in Austin’s 2 2/3 innings of work. Ben Stoecklein came on in relief and pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up 3 runs on 4 hits with 2 K’s and 3 walks.

Moberly did well at the plate Monday with 8 Spartans collecting a hit totaling 13 for the game. Corey Embree headlined the assault at the plate going 4-4 with 2 doubles and a grand slam and 5 RBI’s, Dylan Huffman and Derek Fletcher had 2 hits with an RBI and a run scored.

On the year, Moberly Senior Derek Fletcher is leading the team in average, home runs, and RBI’s with a .419 batting average 4 home runs and 14 RBI’s. Sophomore Corey Embree is batting .357 and Dylan Huffman is leading the team in hits with 23 and has a batting average of .397.

Moberly is now 5-11 and is scheduled to play for third place in the Fulton Tournament this Friday at 11 am.

The Spartans played Harrisburg last Thursday at home for their senior night and although they kept it close for the duration of the game were unable to secure a victory. Harrisburg held off Moberly and took the win 7-5.

Tegan Seitz suffered the loss for Moberly tossing 6 innings giving up 7 runs on 6 hits striking out 7. Only 3 of Tegan’s 7 runs were earned. Austin Nickerson came on in relief and pitched a scoreless seventh with 2 strike outs.

At the plate Dillan Huffman went 3-5, Tyler Garnett was 3-4 with two doubles, Kyle Patrick was 2-4 with a double. Derek Fletcher, Corey Embree and Austin Nickerson all collected a double.