Game 1 Box Score
The Neosho County Panthers kicked off the 2011 campaign with a two game sweep of the Lions of Brown Mackie winning by scores of 10-0 and 12-1. Good pitching and timely hitting were the formula used to pick up the pair of wins. The pitching staff combined to allow 4 hits and 1 unearned run while walking 3 and striking out 24 on the day. Offensively the Panthers used a combination of speed and power as they stole 8 bases on the day while belting 6 homeruns.
Freshman lefthander Matt Strahm got the nod on the mound for the Panthers in game 1 and picked up the win throwing two scoreless innings while striking out 4. Four relievers combined to throw the final 4 innings, striking out 10 and allowing only 1 hit. Offensively freshman first baseman
Adam Giacalone kicked his career off with a bang as he drilled a long two-run homerun to right with his first swing of the day. Caleb Compton chipped in with 2 RBI's in the first game as well. The Panthers also were able to pick up seven stolen bases in the game with 2 each coming from Eric Dawson and Jon Pomatto.
Game two was more of the same for Neosho County as five pitchers combined to allow 1 run on 3 hits while walking 2 and striking out 10 more Lion batters. Freshman Dalton Majors picked up the win in game two by throwing a scoreless inning of relief and striking out 2.
Offensively the Panthers used a balanced attack as 9 hitters each picked up RBI's led by Giacalone's second homerun of the day, this one a 3 run shot. Freshmen Garrett Schaede came off the bench to drive a pitch to deep to left for a 2 run blast while Jon Pomatto scored 2 runs and picked up another stolen base.
Neosho County will back in action tomorrow as they host the Reivers of Iowa Western Community College at 1:00pm at Hudson Field. Iowa Western is the defending NJCAA National Champion and comes in the game with a record of 2-4.
