McLennan Highlanders fall to Iowa Western

The McLennan Highlanders fell to the Iowa Western Reivers 8-5 this afternoon at Bosque River Ballpark.
 
Iowa Western began the scoring with a run in the top of the second. Brandon Rogers led off with a double and CJ Richmond walked. Both runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Brody Sexton. Joe Kolbeck walked, loading the bases, and Tye Wood walked to score Rogers.
 
McLennan responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Jake D'Altrui walked and Elijah Rodriguez singled. Ty Johnson followed with a fielder's choice, putting Rodriguez out at second. Cole Dillon walked to load the bases, and Blake Hansen cleared the bases with a double.
 
Two more McLennan runs scored in the third. Sam Flores double and Karson Krowka walked. Both runners scored on a triple by Rodriguez.
 
The Reivers took the lead with five runs in the fourth. Kolbeck, Brayden Smith and AJ Smith all walked. Tyler Stone followed with a fielder's choice to score Kolbeck, and Smith scored on an error. Will Flanigan walked and Rogers singled to score Stone. Richmond then doubled to score Flanigan and Rogers.
 
Another Iowa Western run scored in the fifth as Wood doubled and scored on a single by Smith.
 
The final Reiver run came in the eighth as Wood doubled again and scored on a single by AJ Singer.
 
Iowa Western 8, McLennan 5
Iowa Western 010 510 010 – 8 9 0
McLennan 032 000 000 – 5 9 1
Jared Lessman, Ryan Reyerson (3), Adam Stanton (8) and Brody Sexton. Will Clements, Jake Smith (3), Stefan Stahl (3), Trey Cehajic (4), Jackson Mayo (7), Max Hamilton (9) and Cole Dillon, Jason Hawkins. WP: Reyerson; LP: Stahl. Leading hitters – Iowa Western: Tye Wood (2-4, 2 2B, RBI), Brayden Smith (1-3, RBI), AJ Singer (1-4, RBI), Tyler Stone (1-2 RBI), Brandon Rogers (2-4, 2B, RBI) and CJ Richmond (1-3, 2B, 2 RBI); McLennan: Cole Dillon (2-2), Blake Hansen (1-5, 2B, 3 RBI), Sam Flores (1-5, 2B) and Elijah Rodriguez (2-3, 3B, 2 RBI). Record: McLennan 8-3.