The Neosho County Panthers took a pair of games from Maple Woods Community College Tuesday to extend their season long win streak to 11 games. The win streak is the second longest in school history, and one win shy of tying the school record. With the victories, the Panthers move to 31-9 on the year and 19-5 in conference games.
Game 1
Maple Woods jumped out to a 1-0 lead after three innings, but the Panthers would respond with five runs in the fourth and seven more in the sixth to end the game due to the 10-run rule. Eric Dawson and Austen Colt each went 3-4 at the plate with a pair of runs scored and a pair of RBI's in the game.
A homerun from Tyler Palmer tied the game up in the fourth, and a two run triple from Austen Colt gave the Panthers the lead for good. Nick Doughty would hit his sixth homerun of the year in the fifth to extend the Panther lead. Eric Dawson led off the sixth inning by being hit by a pitch to get the big rally started. The Panthers would score seven runs thanks to six hits by the Panthers. Eric Dawson would end the game with a two RBI single in his second at bat of the inning.
Nick Fowble picked up his fourth win of the year for the Panthers tossing all six innings and allowing only three runs. Fowble struck out five Monarch batters, while walking only one and allowing six hits.
Game 2
After recording 13 runs on 15 hits in the opening game of the series, the Panthers had to rally from behind and scored seven runs on only five hits to pick up the win in game two.
The Panthers found themselves trailing 2-1 entering the fifth inning after allowing a pair of unearned runs. The Panthers took advantage of eight walks and four errors to score three runs each in the fifth and sixth inning. Nick Doughty led the way for the Panthers offensively as he went 2-5 at the plate with a double while driving in five of the seven Panther runs.
Jon Furlong got the win the for the Panthers as he tossed six innings allowing only two hits and a pair of unearned runs while striking out five and walking one. Max Ising tossed a perfect seventh inning while recording two strikeouts to end the ballgame.
The Panthers will look to extend their win streak Saturday when the host Johnson County Community College for the first two games of a four game set. First pitch both Saturday and Sunday is set for 1:00 pm.
