Hawks spoil MCC Baseball’s home opener with sweep
Northeast Community College spoiled the home opener Saturday for the McCook Community College baseball team, sweeping the Indians 17-7 and 5-2.
“We have just got to start playing better, we just don’t put more than one phase together at a time and that needs to change,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen.
NECC scored six times in the first and sixth innings to take Game 1 despite two home runs from MCC sophomore Nathan Hutchison (Riverton, Wyo.).
The Hawks broke up a 2-2 tie in Game 2 with a run in the fifth inning and added one each in the sixth and seventh to complete the doubleheader sweep.
“We walked or hit 11 guys in Game 1 and 13 in Game two,” said Olsen. “It’s tough to explain how to win doing that, then we didn’t hit at all Game 2 after I felt we did some nice things offensively in the first game.”
MCC (3-8) will travel to Norfolk Sunday for two more games with NECC (8-5) starting at 2 p.m.
“We have the opportunity to get out and play again tomorrow so need to take advantage of it,” said Olsen.
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GAME 1 – Northeast CC 17, McCook 7: The Hawks scored six runs in the first and put the game away with six more in the seventh innings to take the first game.
“I’ll give northeast credit today in Game 1 in the first inning they really came out swinging it, they put five or six really good swings on it, after that we just kept giving them opportunities to have runners on,” said Olsen. “Then when they have some good hitters in their lineup it’s going to haunt you.”
Down 6-0 in the first, MCC came back with four runs. Nathan Hutchison led off the MCC inning with a double and scored on an RBI-single by freshman Dalton Berg (Frederick, Colo.). Sophomore Owen Glover (Elderslie, New South Wales) singled in the second MCC run and two more scored on a Hank error to make it a 6-4 game.
After NECC scored twice in the second, Hutchison homered in the bottom of the frame as MCC trailed 8-5. The Hawks led 9-5 with a run in the third but freshman Connor Charvat (Elkhorn South) hit a solo home run to make it a 9-6 game
Sophomore Leif Friedrich (Surrey, British Columbia) pitched the first 2.1 innings for MCC, he allowed 10 hits and eight earned runs. Freshman Elvis Conte (Fort Collins, Colo.) went 2.2 innings and allowed two earned runs on three hits, a walk and three strikeouts.
Freshman Colby Kaplan (Parker, Colo.) gave up a two-run home run in the Northeast fifth, MCC added a run in the sixth and Hutchison’s second homer of the game to make it an 11-7 game.
The Hawks put the game away with six runs in the seventh inning.
Freshmen Corbin Lochhead (Vegreville, Alberta) and Parker Wilson (Tulsa, Okla.) pitched the final inning.
MCC was outhit 16-9. Hutchison had three hits and MCC got two each from Berg and Charvat.
GAME 1 – Northeast CC 5, McCook 2: The Hawks took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on four walks issued by Indian starting pitcher Cory Wouters (sophomore Saskatoon, Saskatchewan). NECC added another run in the third on a bases-loaded walk to lead 2-0.
MCC tied the game in the third with a two out walk, a single by Nathan Hutchison and two-run single by Maddox Shaver (sophomore Belleville, Ontario).
Wouters pitched four innings, walked seven, struck out seven and allowed three hits and two earned runs.
Northeast took the lead in the fifth off freshman Kaden Noble (Orillia, Ontario) who hit a batter, walked another and the Hawks took a 3-2 lead on a sacrifice bunt. Northeast added a run in the sixth or three walks and a sacrifice fly. Sophomore Jean Duran (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) relieved in the sixth and surrendered an RBI single.
Knoble pitched one inning, walked three, struck out two and allowed one earned run. Duran went two innings allowed one earned run on two walks, and two hits.
MCC was held to two hits in the game, both coming in the third inning.