Centerville, IA—Looking to salvage a split with Indian Hills Community College on Sunday afternoon, the Marshalltown Community College baseball team dropped an extra inning affair to the Falcons in the weekend conference series finale. After dropping game one 7-2, MCC fell 9-8 in the nightcap.
Aside from a pair of home runs in game one, the Tigers struggled offensively. Luis Duran (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Centro de Estudio Espaillat) connected on his second home run of the weekend in the fifth inning and Kaleb Hanks (Sioux City, IA/Sioux City East) delivered his first long-ball of the year in the sixth, but that was all the offense the Tigers could muster.
Having dropped the first three games of the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) weekend series, MCC had its sights set on a victory in the final game. The Tigers took advantage of six walks and a hit by pitch in the second inning to stake a 4-2 lead over the Falcons.
An RBI-single from Hanks in the third scored Max McCay (Carlisle, IA/Carlisle) to extend the lead. A two-run sixth inning from the Falcons was answered by three runs from the Tigers in the top of the seventh. McCay delivered a two-run single for an 8-4 lead.
In full control in the final frame, MCC squandered the four-run edge as Indian Hills used four hits in the seventh to tie the game. After a scoreless eighth from the Tigers, Indian Hills loaded the bases and scored the game-winner on a walk to sweep the weekend.
The Tigers head to Kirkwood Community College for a nonconference doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon.
Marshalltown, IA—The Marshalltown Community College softball team fell twice at home to Indian Hills Community College on Sunday afternoon. MCC was blanked 5-0 in game one and fell late in game two, 8-5.
MCC managed just two hits in game one, a pair of singles from Courtney Fudge (Pleasant Hill, IA/Des Moines East) and Lexie Valentine (Des Moines, IA/Saydel). Sophomore Paige Taylor (Coquitlam, British Columbia/Terry Fox) scattered six hits as the Warriors scored in just two innings, but were enough for the game one win.
Fudge and Valentine upped their performance in game two, combining for five hits. Valentine provided the game’s first run after singling in the second and came around on an RBI-double from Lexie Larson (Des Moines, Hoover). The Warriors posted two runs in the third, but a big third inning regained the lead for the Tigers. Annalee Myers (Ames, IA/Ames) drove in a pair of runs in the three-run frame.
The 4-2 lead was not enough as Indian Hills plated six runs in the top of the fourth. Freshman Shaena Robinson (Gardnerville, NV/Douglas) connected on a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth, but the Tigers rally ended there.
After playing eight games in five days, the Tigers welcome a two-day break before embarking on a three-day, six-game nonconference road trip against Mount Mercy University JV, Central Community College, and Concordia University JV.
