The Dordt baseball team was swept in Sioux Center by Midland on Friday afternoon, April 11 by 7-0 and 9-5 scores in Great Plains Athletic Conference play.
Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
GAME 1
The Defenders were limited in game one and didn't get a hit as they surrendered one run in the first, two in the fourth, one in the fifth and three in the sixth. Dordt did have a chance to break through with an error and a hit batsman but came out with nothing. Midland's three runs in the sixth effectively put the game out of reach.
THE NUMBERS
Midland | 7r | 10h | 1e
Dordt | 0r | 0h | 3e
GAME 2
Dordt's rally in game two came up short as the Defenders twice had the tying run at the plate in the eighth and ninth innings but lost a 9-5 decision.
Midland scored two in the first as they capitalized on a pair of unearned runs and then added two more in the third for a 4-0 lead. Trailing 7-0, Dordt got a
Drew Oreskes single in the sixth inning to score
Logan Templeton and
Matthew McMillian and a
Joseph Schlesselman single made it 7-3.
Midland added a run in the seventh and Dordt stranded two in the home half of the frame. Dordt proceeded to score a run on
DJ Kerr's single and kept the bases loaded with no one out. A double play on the next at bat gave Midland breathing room and the Defenders had a runner tagged out at third base after a single to end the inning.
Midland got a run in the ninth and Dordt again loaded the bases but a fly out ended the inning and the game.
THE NUMBERS
Midland | 9r | 12h | 3e | 11lob
Dordt 5r | 11h | 2e | 10lob
Dordt Leaders
Logan Harris | 2-5 | run
Drew Oreskes | 2-3 | 1b | 2b | 2rbi | 2bb
Joseph Schlesselman | 2-4 | rbi
Dordt is 16-24 overall and 5-13 in the league while Midland is now 14-22 and 10-8. The two teams will play again on Saturday afternoon in Sioux Center.
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