Double-digit wins move MCC streak to 12 in a row

HASTINGS, Neb. – The McCook Community College baseball team extended its win streak to 12 games Wednesday sweeping the Hastings College JV team, 16-3 and 15-0.

“Game 1 we took advantage of a few mistakes but had some good swings too,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen. “In Game 2, I thought we just went out and really swing the bat well up and down the lineup, we got to play a lot of guys.”

Down 2-0 after the first inning, MCC scored in the next five innings including a six-run sixth to coast to a 16-3 win in Game 1 and out-hit the Broncos 15-2 in Game 2 to put the game away in five innings.

MCC improves to 20-13 and will return home Saturday and Sunday for a four-game series against Otero Junior College. Doubleheaders both days start at 1 p.m.

“Hopefully we carry some momentum into the weekend,” said Olsen.

GAME 1 – McCook CC 16, Hastings College JVs 3: The Broncos scored twice in the first inning off MCC starter Ethan Badcock (freshman, Adelade, Australia) but MCC got on the scoreboard in the second on a walk, a hit-batter, a double steal and an RBI groundout off the bat off freshman Will Edwards (Sydney, Australia).

MCC tied the game in the third inning on a hit batter and a two-out walk and a Bronco error, and a wild pitch then took a 4-2 lead on a two-run single by sophomore Brett Cyprien (Flower Mound, Texas).

Badcock went three innings, allowing three hits, no earned runs, two walks and he struck out six hitters.

After freshman Blake Banello (Thormton, Colo.) pitched a scoreless fourth on one walk, MCC responded with three more runs in the fifth with a two-run single from Murdoch and a two-out double by freshman Jackson Yeager (Omaha Westside).

Freshman Zack Lane (Phoenix, Ariz.) allowed a run in the fifth on a hit batter and two hits to make it a 10-3 MCC lead.

MCC scored six times in the sixth inning highlighted by a two-run triple by freshman Blake Dale (Riverton, Wyo.), an RBI-single by Elshire, an RBI groundout by Yeager, and a two-run pinch-hit double by freshman Teegen Schlimgen (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

GAME 2 –McCook 15, Hastings College JVs 0: MCC took the lead in the first on an Ethan Murdoch single, a pair of hit batters and a wild pitch. In the second, Blake Dale lashed a one-out double, freshman Orlando Diaz (Cidra, Puerto Rico) singled, Dale scored on a fielder’s choice and Diaz scored on an RBI-single by sophomore Riley Watson (Sydney, Australia).

Sophomore Owen Lester (St. Charles, Ill.) pitched the first two innings for MCC allowing just one hit.

MCC stretched the lead to 6-0 with three runs in the third on a walk, back-to-back doubles by Dale and Diaz and a triple by freshman Michael Quick (Oshawa, Ontario).

Freshman Victor Nane (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) pitched the third inning, allowing one hit, one walk and he struck out one.