The Dordt Defenders were swept in a GPAC baseball doubleheader in Sioux Center on Friday afternoon, March 21. Morningside won the first game 11-0 and turned in an 11-1 win in seven innings in game two.
Game 1 Box Score (PDF)
Game 2 Box Score (PDF)
GAME 1
Morningside scored three unearned runs in the third inning and added four in the fifth on the way to the 11-0 win. Dordt's best chance to score came in the fifth inning when
Matthew McMillian singled to advance
Drew Oreskes to second and a passed ball put runners at the corners. After a stolen base the Defenders were retired to end the threat.
THE NUMBERS
Morningside | 11 r | 6 h | 0 e
Dordt | 0 r | 3 h | 2 e
Dordt Leaders
Carson Belcher | 1-3
Logan Templeton | 1-3
Matthew McMillian | 1-3
Bennett Spronk | 2.2ip | 4k | 1h | 0er | 3r
GAME 2
The Morningside Mustangs scored at least one run in the first five innings on the way to an 11-1 win. Dordt was down 10-0 in the bottom of the fifth when
Gabriel McFarland was hit by a pitch with one out and
Jimmy Twombly tripled to left field to get the run in.
Morningside then got the eventual game ending run with a homerun lead off the seventh and Dordt stranded two runners in the home half of the seventh as the game ended with the 10-run difference rule.
Dordt Numbers
Morningside | 11r | 13h | 0e
Dordt | 1r | 5h | 7e
Dordt Leaders
Jimmy Twombly | 2-3 | 1rbi | 1-3b | 1bb
Logan Tempeton | 2-3 | 2-1b
JT Fitzgibbons | 2ip | 1r | 4k
Dordt will next play Northwestern on Saturday afternoon in Orange City at 1:00. Dordt is 12-16 overall and Morningside is now 5-1.
