SCORES
Dordt def. Benedictine 3-2
Dordt def. Benedictine 6-4
COACH NATHAN BACON SAID
It was a great group effort today. The bullpen picked us up in game one and we got a big hit when we needed it. In game two Hughes gave us a much needed quality start after how many guys we needed to use in game one. Defense was lock down all day. We are looking forward to going out tomorrow with a  chance to win a series against a quality team.
GAME 1
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Dordt Defender baseball team got three runs in the third inning in a pitcher's battled an held on to beat Benedictine 3-2 in game one of the doubleheader played in Atchison, Kansas.
The Defenders did all of their damage with two outs in the top of the third.
Logan Harris reached on an error with one out and after a fly ball out stole second base.
Jason Carrig followed with a walk and a passed ball put the two runners in scoring position.
Joseph Schlesselman promptly delivered a single and then scored on a
Drew Oreskes double.
Benedictine came back with a run in the home half of the third inning and stranded two runners. The Ravens scored another in the fourth but stranded two more.Â
Justin Bryson came on in the seventh inning and worked out of the inning with Benedictine stranding the winning run.
THE NUMBERS
- Dordt had a 5-3 hits advantage.
- Benedictine committed the only error of the game.
- Derek Labounty was the winning pitcher and worked two innings with a strikeout and two hits surrendered.
- Andrew Mclanahan started and gave up one run on one hit with four walks and two strikeouts.
- Bryson's save was the second of the season.
- Schlesselman was 2-4 with two runs batted in.
- Oreskes had Dordt's only extra base hit with a double.
GAME 2
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Dordt Defender baseball team scored one run each in six of the seven innings of a 6-4 win over the Benedictine Ravens on Friday afternoon, February 23.
The Defenders and Ravens traded a runs in the first and Dordt added a run each in the second and third frames.
Drew Oreskes knocked in a run in the first and
Logan Harris's ground ball to the right side scored the run in the second. Oreskes added a solo homerun in the third and after a scoreless fourth
Nolan Christianson batted in
Jason Carrig with a single.
Carrig figured into the run in the sixth with a single that knocked in
Phoenix West and
Logan De Vries's single in the seventh ended the scoring for Dordt and the Defenders had a 6-2 lead.
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Benedictine put pressure on in the seventh and had the bases loaded with two outs before
Robert Doble closed the door with a strikeout.
THE NUMBERS
- Dordt had a 13-8 hits advantage.
- Benedictine committed two errors.
- Both teams had eight runners stranded.
- Jason Carrig had two singles and a run scored and a run batted in.
- Dylan Stanley had a double and single and his spot in the order accounted for three runs scored.
- Logan Harirs and Logn De Vries both had two hits.
- Jared Hughes pitched six innings and got the win with three runs allowed, one strikeout and eight hits scattered.
- Dordt is now 4-6. Benedictine is 4-8.
NEXT
Dordt and Benedictine will play again on Saturday, February 24 starting at noon.
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