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Marion sweeps Benton in baseball

VAN HORNE - The Marion High School baseball team swept a Wamac Conference doubleheader from Benton Community, 4-3 and 13-1, in Van Horne Wednesday.

The twin-killing lifted the Indians to 10-8 for the season.

Marion rallied with three runs in the top of the seventh inning to win the opener. David Kuhn and John Carstensen had two hits for the Indians. Brady Donohue got the victory with six strikeouts.

Marion scored 11 runs in the first two innings of the nightcap to take control early. The game ended after five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule.

Gage Kray, Bobby Vanderlind, Mitchell Wiese, Maverick Miller and Baylor Fish had two hits. Weise drove in five runs and Carstensen had three RBIs.

Kuhn got the victory in the nightcap. He scattered four hits and had seven strikeouts.

 

 

 

 

 

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