The Dordt Defender baseball team lost a pair of games to the Concordia Bulldogs in Seward, Nebraska on Saturday, April 19. The Defenders lost 23-1 in game one and 11-1 in game two as the Bulldogs wrapped up the regular season title with four games to play. Dordt is now 6-18 in the GPAC and 17-29 overall. Concordia is 21-3 in the league and 33-9 overall.
GAME 1 BOX SCORE
GAME 2 BOX SCORE
GAME ONE
The Concordia Bulldogs scored six in the first, one in the second and six in the third on the way to a 13-0 lead and added ten more in the fifth and sixth combined. Dordt's run came in the sixth inning with
DJ Kerr getting a double that got
Logan Templeton across. Dordt had two runners stranded when that inning ended and loaded the bases in the seventh before the side was retired.
THE NUMBERS
Dordt 1r | 6h | 2e
Concordia 23r | 13h | 2e
Dordt Leaders
DJ Kerr | 2-3 | 1rbi | 2b
Logan Templeton | 1-4 | 1r
GAME TWO
A five run third inning broke a scoreless tie and started Concordia on the way to an 11-1 win in game two.
Dordt's run came in the fourth inning with
Logan Templeton getting a double to lead off the inning and he scored on a ground out by
Drew Oreskes after a wild pitch. Dordt had baserunners in five of the seven innings and had two runners on base in two of the frames.
Concordia scored two in the fourth for a 7-1 lead and added three in the fifth and finished the game with a run in the seventh for a shortened win.
THE NUMBERS
Dordt 1r | 7h | 4e
Concordia | 11r | 11h | 1e
Dordt Leaders
Logan Templeton | 2-3 | 1r | 2b
Gabriel McFarland | 1-3 | 2b
NEXT
Dordt will conclude the regular season on April 24 and 25 against Briar Cliff and Waldorf. The games with Briar Cliff on Thursday are scheduled to be played in Sioux Center with the season concluding at Waldorf on Friday, April 25.
