Lake View squeezed by Marion 9-7 in Junior American Legion baseball on Thursday, June 29, in a game played in Lake View.
Webb Cardwell picked up the win while pitching 2 innings. He allowed 1 hit, walked no one, allowed no runs, and struck out 3.
Marion committed 4 errors in the game, and Lake View committed 2.
Marion managed 9 hits while holding Lake View to 6.
Lake View placed the first run on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning. Marion responded with 5 runs of their own in the top of the second inning to take a 5-1 lead. Lake View managed to score 3 runs in the bottom of the third inning and added another run in the bottom of the fourth inning to knot the game at 5. Marion took a 2-run lead in the top of the sixth inning while adding 2 runs of their own. Lake View responded with 4 runs in the bottom of the sixth to take a 2-run lead into the final inning.
Lake View’s Webb Cardwell picked up 2 rbi on 2 hits in 4 at-bats while Jordan King was perfect at the plate going 2-for-2 with 2 rbi. Hunter Tarte and Jonathan Davis were also perfect with 1 hit in 1 at-bat.
Dawson Hunsucker connected for 4 hits and a rbi in his 4 at-bats for Marion.
