Marion Baseball

Surging Marion Indians sweep Benton

The Marion Indians got off to a relatively slow start this season, but they are picking up steam at the right time of year.

Marion swept Benton Community, 4-3 and 6-1, in a Wamac Conference twinbill at Marion Friday.

The victories lifted the Indians to 21-12 overall and 17-9 in league games.

The first game was suspended June 16 with the score tied, 3-3, in the bottom of the seventh inning. They resumed the game from that point and the Indians scored in the bottom of the eighth inning to claim the victory.

Maverick Miller led off the eighth with a single and was bunted to second base by Logan Fuller. Owen Carstensen entered the game as a pinch-runner for Miller and scored the game-winning run on a single by David Kuhn.

Miller had three hits in the 4-3 victory. Quinn Cannoy pitched a complete game with eight strikeouts.

Miller collected four more hits for Marion in the second game. Fuller and Cannoy had two hits and Cannoy had three RBIs.

Cannoy, Kuhn and Caleb Stekl pitched for Marion in the second game and combined for 10 strikeouts. Kuhn was credited with the win.

Game 1
(Completed from June 16)

Benton   011 010 00 - 3 7 2
Marion   003 000 01 - 4 6 3

W - Cannoy. L - Morris.

Game 2

Benton   001 000 0 - 1 3 5
Marion   002 013 x - 6 10 1

W - Kuhn. L - Pfiffner.

Indians bop Beckman in Wamac twinbill

DYERSVILLE - The Marion Indians collected 28 hits Thursday and swept a Wamac Conference doubleheader from Dyersville Beckman, 16-6 and 6-4, in Dyersville.

Marion scored at least one run in every inning in the first game. Quinn Cannoy and Trevor Hardman had three RBIs. Maverick Miller, Christian Stekl, Cannoy, John Carstenson, David Kuhn, Mitch Wiese and Hardman had two hits.

Stekl scored four runs. Bobby Vanderlind and Kuhn scored three times.

Logan Fuller had three hits for Marion in the second game. Stekl and Miller had two hits. Hardman and Stekl had two RBIs. Wiese, a freshman, picked up his first win on the mound. Stekl got the save.

Marion raised its records to 19-12 overall and 15-9 in Wamac games.

Game 1

Marion     141 311 5 - 16 15 3
Beckman    204 041 0 - 11 6 5

W - Carstensen. L - Driscoll.

Game 2

Marion     020 400 0 - 6 13 2
Beckman    210 000 1 - 4 5 3

W - Wiese. L - Driscoll. S - Stekl.

Marion wins wooden bat game

Marion won its annual wooden bat game with North Cedar, 14-4, in five innings on Tuesday night at Marion.

John Carstenson led Marion with four hits that included two doubles and four RBIs. Quinn Cannoy and Trevor Hardman had a pair of hits.

Cannoy, Hardman and Logan Fuller each scored three runs.

Freshmen Brady Donohue and Owen Carstensen pitched for the Indians, scattering four hits.

North Cedar   003 10 -  4  4  6
Marion        341 06 - 14 11  4

Donohue, Carstensen and Stekl. Scheer and Broughton. W - Donohue L - Scheer

Cannoy helps Indians sweep Clippers

TIFFIN - Quinn Cannoy pitched a five-hit shutout and drove in the only run as Marion blanked Clear Creek-Amana, 1-0, in the first game of a Wamac Conference twinbill in Tiffin Monday.

The Indians also took the second game, 11-6.

Cannoy hit a triple in the top of the sixth inning of the opener to knock in Christian Stekl and snap a 0-0 tie.

Marion trailed 6-0 after two innings in the nightcap, but the Indians stormed back for the sweep. Marion tied the game, 6-6, in the fifth inning with a two-run double by John Carstensen and a two-out RBI single by freshman Baylor Fish.

Marion took the lead, 7-6, in the sixth inning on a squeeze bunt by Cannoy.

Stekl had four hits in the doubleheader. Logan Fuller had three hits.

Marion raised its records to 16-12 overall and 13-9 in the Wamac.

Game 1

Marion        000 001 0 - 1 4 1
Clear Creek   000 000 0 - 0 5 0

W - Cannoy. L - Rourke.

Game 2

Marion        002 042 3 - 11 14 1
Clear Creek   420 000 0 -  6  5 4

W - Kuhn.