Webb City falls to John Hersey in close contest

WEBB CITY, Mo. — Webb City exploded for six runs in the third inning to tie the game, but a fifth-inning run from John Hersey High School from Arlington Heights, Illinois, was enough to hand the Cardinals their first loss of the season. John Hersey (3-2) held on to that 7-6 lead to claim victory. The Cardinals (5-1) managed one base runner in the bottom of the fifth by a walk, none in the sixth and two in the seventh by errors. They couldn't get a hit late in the game off Hersey pitching. That pitcher was Riley Blackwell, who...