MCC Baseball splits Sunday doubleheader with Trinidad State

TRINIDAD, Colo. – The McCook Community College baseball team split a pair of games on the road at Trinidad State Sunday. The Trojans won the first game 5-2 and MCC came back to take the second game 15-5 in five innings.

In Game 1, Trinidad scored a pair of runs in the first and second innings and Trojan pitching held MCC to five hits. In Game 2, MCC broke open a 3-1 game scoring nine runs after two outs in the fourth inning to back the complete game pitching of freshman Aiden Johnson (Westminster, Colo.), who struck out 11 Trojans in five innings of work.

"It was good to bounce back in Game 2," said MCC Coach Jon Olsen. "We didn't really get a whole lot going in Game 1 – their starter did a nice job and we had just some little mistakes that hurt us."

Trinidad State goes to 5-14 overall and 3-2 in Region IX play.

MCC goes to 7-9 and 2-3 in region play.

The two teams will play a Monday doubleheader starting at 1 p.m (CT)

"We need to come out ready to go," said Olsen.

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GAME 1 – Trinidad State 5, McCook CC 2: Trinidad State manufactured a pair of first-inning runs off MCC starter Mikey Acierno (sophomore, Thornton, Colo.) on a pair of singles, a pair of walks and a sacrifice fly.

The Trojans committed two errors in the second and gave MCC back one run.

In the second, TSJC got a pair of back-to-back two-out solo home runs to take a 4-1 lead.

Abel Reyes (sophomore, Puerto Caimito, Panama) led off the fourth with a solo home run to cut the gap to 4-2.

Trinidad added a final run in the fifth inning off Acierno, who pitched a complete game, allowing three earned runs on nine hits, three walks and five strikeouts.

MCC had five hits in the game.

GAME 2 – McCook CC 15, Trinidad State 5: MCC scored an unearned run in the first, but TSJC tied it with a run in the bottom of the inning.

In the MCC third, sophomore Josh Maysonave (Austin, Texas) drew a two-out walk in front of an Abel Reyes (sophomore, Puerto Caimito, Panama) home run to put MCC up 3-1.

With two-out in the fourth, MCC scored three runs on a double by Maysonave, one on an RBI-single by Reyes, and a two-run home run by freshman Zeke Minic (Thornton, Colo.) to make it a 9-1 game. MCC loaded the bases with a pair of singles and a walk followed by a three-run double by freshman Michael Quick (Oshawa, Ontario).

"The bases-loaded double by Josh Maysonave, it was one of those at bats, that even though it was in the middle innings, it was a huge play in the game," said Olsen.

In the fifth, Minic delivered an RBI-double, followed by a two-run double by Riley Watson (sophomore, Sydney, Australia).

Aiden Johnson allowed nine hits in five innings, three earned runs, he didn't walk a hitter and struck out 11.

"It was a crazy windy day and I'm glad we hung in there it wasn't easy to play," said Olsen.

MCC had 14 hits in the game with three by Maysonave, Minic and Reyes.