The Warrenton Warriors used strong offensive and pitching performances to win a pair of games last week.

Warrenton defeated St. Charles West and North Point High School last week to move to 4-4 on the season. The two wins came after Warrenton split a weekend triangular against Hannibal and Wright City.

Warrenton defeated St. Charles West 15-4 to earn their third win of the season. The win was big for the Warriors because St. Charles West is such a quality team, coach Eric Burle said after the win over North Point. Warrenton’s offensive performance was the best Burle has seen in the last few years in the game against St. Charles West, he said. Burle believes the performance carried over into the 16-1 win over North Point later in the week.

“I think that carried over into today where guys are getting really confident in the batter’s box and being aggressive,” Burle said after the win over North Point. “We’ve been talking about situational hitting because that kind of hurt us early on in some games where we didn’t have two-out hits or with runners in scoring position. That type of thing. Last game, we really swung the bat really well. That kind of carried over to today where we brought that confidence in the batter’s box.”

Eight Warrior batters collected at least one hit in the game against St. Charles West. Dylan Beck, Caleb Clark, Joe Goldsmith and Austin Haas each collected two hits. Haas and Bailey Meyer reached base three times. Kannon Hibbs and Tyler Oliver hit home runs for the Warriors. Hibbs and Goldsmith each had three RBIs.

Ben Peth pitched a five-inning complete game for Warrenton. Peth allowed four hits. All four runs were unearned. He struck out three St. Charles West batters. He did not walk any St. Charles West batters.

“He started against Wright City and he didn’t throw many strikes,” Burle said. “We know he’s a better pitcher than that and he showed it last game. He really pounded the strike zone. Didn’t walk anybody. Hit two guys in a five-inning game.”

Warrenton kept the momentum going in their game against North Point. After falling behind 1-0, Warrenton scored six runs in the second inning to claim a lead they would not relinquish. They added six runs in the third inning and four runs in the fourth inning. Beck, Hibbs and Meyer led the Warrior offensive attack with two hits apiece. Beck, Hibbs and Troy Anderson each hit a double. Seven different Warriors scored at least two runs. Anderson, Hibbs, Meyer and Oliver each had two RBIs.

Sam Wortham threw a four-inning complete game for Warrenton. He allowed one unearned run on four hits. He struck out four North Point batters. He did not walk a single batter.

“That’s back-to-back starts where he’s throwing strikes and let our defense do the work,” Burle said.

Burle conceded Thursday’s conditions created challenges in the game against North Point. Game temperatures were in the 30s.

“It’s kind of getting through it,” Burle said. “Not good baseball weather. It’s cold and wet and stuff. So it doesn’t really favor anybody probably. It’s hard to keep kids focused in weather like this because they’re more thinking about the weather and how miserable they are than actually the game. But our kids did a good job.”