Skip To Main Content

Neosho County Community College

Neosho County Community College

Baseball

Panthers take final games of series to move into second place in the Conference

Game 1

For the second game in a row, the Panthers and Blue Devils would battle early before a big inning from Neosho County would put the game out of reach.

The Panthers trailed 2-1 heading into the fifth inning when a leadoff double from Nick Doughty would get the rally started. After a sac fly from Jon Pomatto tied the game up, the Panthers would rally for four more runs with two outs. Eric Dawson was then hit by a pitch before Austen Colt blasted his fifth homerun of the season to put the Panthers on top for good.

Matt Strahm earned the victory by allowing only one earned run while walking one and striking out 11 and scattering six hits. The lefty has now tossed three complete games in his last three starts while strking out 40 in 21 innings of work.

Game 2

The Panthers would set new season highs for hits and runs in the series finale as the recorded 21 hits and 17 runs to pick up the series victory. Six different Panthers would record multi-hit games and eight different players would record a hit in the game.

Adam Giacalone and Nick Doughty would each blast a homerun as the two combined to go 8-11 with a double, two homeruns, eight RBI's and four runs scored. Caleb Compton went 3-5 at the plate and scored four runs. The switch hitting left fielder would come up a homerun short of hitting for the cycle. The Panthers would score runs in every inning except the third and fourth on their way to a season high 17 runs.

Sophomore Ben Jacks looked like he would cruise to his fourth win of the season on the mound as he faced the minimum through three innings and was working with a 3 run lead. The righty would run into trouble in the fourth as he would surrender five runs on six hits to give up the lead. A homerun to lead off the fifth inning would chase Jacks who allowed six runs, four of which were earned, nine hits while walking none and striking out three in 4+ innings of work.

After Dalton Majors allowed two more runs in the fifth inning, the bullpen would settle in and allow only two unearned runs the rest of the way. Four the game five Panther relievers would combine to toss five innings allowing only three hits while walking three and striking out two. The group would allow four runs, however only two of the runs would be earned. Michael Kirkland picked up the win in relief tossing a scoreless inning of relief.

Neosho County moves to 23-9 on the season, and 15-5 in Jayhawk Conference action while KCK falls to 22-11 overall and 12-8 in conference play. The Panthers will be back in action April 6 when the head to Baldwin City, KS for a rematch with Baker University. First pitch for the double header is scheduled for 5:00 pm. It will be the first night game of the year for the Panthers.
Print Friendly Version

Sticky bar

Scores