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HCC Sports Information
Monday, February 18, 2008
ODESSA, Texas – The top four batters in the
order combined for eight hits and 10 RBIs to lead the Hutchinson Community
College baseball team to a 13-3 victory over Odessa College in the third
game of the Blue Dragons’ season-opening four-game road swing through Texas.
No. 14 New Mexico Junior College then edged
the Blue Dragons 4-2 to close out the road trip for HCC at 2-2. Hutchinson’s
regularly scheduled game on Tuesday at Cowley College was postponed. No
make-up date has been announced.
Freshman Jamell Cervantez went
4 for 5 with
two runs scored and three RBIs and sophomore Matt LaGree went 2 for 4 with a
run, two doubles and three driven in to lead the Blue Dragons against
Odessa. Leadoff hitter Clint Bieberle had no official times at bat, but
finished with three walks, two runs scored and two RBIs. Redshirt Freshman
Adam Roy went 2 for 5 with two driven in.
The Blue Dragons had their best offensive
output of the young season with 11 total hits.
Sophomore Ben Graham (1-0) pitched 4 1-3
innings in his first career start to get the victory on the hill. Ryan
Frevert, in his Blue Dragon debut, struck out four in two innings of relief.
The Dragons led 3-0 after four innings when
they broke the game open with seven runs in the fifth inning. The big hits
of the inning were two-run doubles by Cervantez and LaGree and an RBI triple
by Roy.
After Odessa finally broke through against
Graham for three runs in the fifth, the Dragons responded with two more runs
in the sixth and a single run in the seventh
New Mexico Junior College Recap
In a rematch of HCC’s 2006 Juco World Series
opener, New Mexico Junior College pitcher Justin Robinson struck out 13 Blue
Dragons and gave up just one hit en route to a 4-2 victory over Hutchinson
in the final game of the Texas swing.
The Dragons started out well, getting two
runs in the first inning off of Robinson. LaGree walked and then Roy
delivered a two-run home run to left field. But after that, the Dragons had
just one more baserunner. That was Matt DeBlanc, who reached on an error in
the third inning. After that, Robinson retired the final 13 Blue Dragons he
faced in order.
HCC freshman Jason Borchardt didn’t pitch
badly, giving up two runs in the second and third innings. He allowed only
four hits and three earned runs while striking out five in four innings.
Freshman Kyle Rosine struck out three and allowed only one walk in two
innings of relief.
The Blue Dragons will play Fort Scott and
Iowa Central on both Saturday and Sunday in Fort Scott.
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