MCC Baseball powers eight homers in sweep over Northwestern Oklahoma JVs

ALVA, Okla. – The McCook Community College baseball team swatted eight home runs and banged out 15 extra-base hits Wednesday in a sweep over the Northwestern Oklahoma State JV team. MCC won 15-6 and 13-4.

"It was good to get back on track today, we came out and swung it all day, it was a tough day to pitch conditions wise, and I thought we competed extremely well," said MCC Coach Jon Olsen.

Sophomore Abel Reyes (Puerto Caimito, Panama) homered twice with six RBIs in Game 1 and Ethan Murdoch (sophomore, Swift Current, Saskatchewan) hit a grand slam in Game 2 and went three-for-five as MCC offense allowed eight pitchers to get some innings.

"We threw eight guys and I was pretty happy with them all, we were in the zone the majority of the day, and I think we only had one inning where we gave up more than one run, which was good to see, the big inning has been hurting us as of late," Olsen said.

MCC's offense generated 26 hits in 14 innings at the plate Wednesday and eight players had multi-hit games.

"I think our lineup is starting to come together a bit, we have a lot of new guys and we're starting to see how it can take shape," Olsen said. "Hopefully we can get into some set spots and establish some rhythm."

MCC goes to 10-13 overall with the team watching the weather and hoping to get in a four-game series at home with Lamar Community College Saturday and Sunday. Doubleheaders are set to start at 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at the Jaycees Sports Complex. MCC is 3-7 in region play.

"We have a couple big conference weekends coming up and we need to make up some ground one conference game at a time," said Olsen.

The following weekend MCC will travel to Las Vegas, N.M. for a four-game Region IX series at Luna Community College.

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GAME 1 –McCook CC 15, Northwest Okla. St. JVs 6: MCC started off the first with a run on a single by sophomore transfer Alliskair Descartes (Thornton, Colo.) and a two-out double from sophomore Josh Maysonave (Austin, Texas).

Trailing 2-1 in the third inning, Abel Reyes lined a grand slam to left field to put MCC up 5-2.

After the Rangers added a run in the bottom of the inning, Reyes blasted a two-run homer in the fifth and after one out MCC got back-to-back solo home runs from freshman Zeke Minic (Thornton, Colo.) and sophomore Brett Cyprien (Flower Mound, Texas) to give MCC a 9-3 lead.

An inning later doubles by Maysonave and freshman Jason Serafinchon (Spruce Grove, Alberta) extended the lead to 11-3.

Freshman Ethan Badcock (Adelade, Australia) started on the mound and went six innings, allowing three earned runs on six hits, six walks and six strikeouts.

MCC added four runs in the seventh on a three-run home run by sophomore Daegen Morcom (Winnipeg, Manitoba), a double by Ethan Murdoch and a sacrifice fly from freshman Teegen Schlimgen (Sioux Falls, S.D.)

Sophomore Jelle Bing (Heerhagoaard, Netherlands) pitched to the final six batters of the game, allowing two earned runs on one hit, two walks and a strikeout.

MCC had 13 hits in the game with 10 going for extra bases. Serafinchon led the way with three hits, Reyes registered two round-trippers, Maysonave had a pair of doubles, and Descartes had a single and a double.

GAME 2 –McCook CC 13, Northwest Okla. St. JVs 4: Alliskair Descartes started the scoring in the first with a solo home run. Sophomore Tyus Chudomelka (Bellevue) got the start on the mound and pitched an inning, allowing two hits and an earned run.

Tied 1-1 in the second Michael Quick hit a three-run home run to put MCC up 4-1. After the Rangers added a run in the bottom of the inning, MCC came back with four runs in the third to go up 8-2 on four singles, a walk and a fielder's choice.

Victor Nane, (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) pitched the second and Zack Lane (Phoenix, Ariz.) pitched the third. Nane allowed one run on three walks and a hit and two strikeouts, Lane allowed two hits and struck out one.

Ethan Murdoch doubled to leadoff the fourth and came home on a wild pitch to put MCC in front 9-2.

Freshman Ryan Heu (Brampton, Ontario) and sophomore Jackson Bigge (Fort Collins, Colo.) pitched the fourth and fifth innings. Heu allowed a hit and a walk, Bigge gave up an earned run on a walk and two hits.

Murdoch put the game out of reach in the seventh with a grand slam.

William Coe (North Platte, Neb.) pitched the final two innings he allowed three hits, an earned run and struck out one.

MCC had 13 hits led by Murdoch's three, and two each by Quick, sophomore Riley Watson (Sydney, Australia), and freshman Blake Dale (Riverton, Wyo.).