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Box Score 2 The Dordt Defenders split with Midland on Friday in Fremont, Nebraska. Dordt overcame an early deficit and rough stat to win game one, 9-4 and then Midland controlled the second game for a 9-4 win after getting up 9-0. The teams will play two more on Saturday in Fremont.
Game 1 – Dordt 9, Midland 4
The Dordt Defenders used a five-run third inning to erase an early deficit and went on to defeat Midland 9-4 in the opening game of a GPAC doubleheader played Friday in Fremont, Nebraska.
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Midland jumped in front early with three runs in the first inning, using a hit batter with the bases loaded and a two-run single by Owen Glover to claim the 3-0 advantage. Dordt answered in the third with its biggest inning of the day.
Jimmy Twombley started the rally with an RBI double and
Logan Templeton followed with an RBI single.
Logan Harris drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game and
Stephen Dillender reached on an error that plated another run.
Joey Schlesselman capped the inning with a sacrifice fly that gave Dordt a 5-3 lead. Midland trimmed the margin to 5-4 with a solo homer by Jimmy Martinez in the bottom of the third, but Dordt added two runs in the fourth, another in the fifth and one more in the seventh to pull away for the win.
Team Statistics
Hits: Dordt 7 / Midland 7
Errors: Dordt 0 / Midland 6
Left on Base: Dordt 6 / Midland 11
Strikeouts (Pitching): Dordt 5 / Midland 6
Walks Issued: Dordt 6 / Midland 2
Dordt Individual Leaders
Hits: Jimmy Twombley 2,
Logan Templeton 2
RBIs:
Logan Templeton 2, Joey Schlesselman 2, Jimmy Twombley 1,
Logan Harris 1,
Stephen Dillender 1,
Chisum Demmers 1
Runs: Jimmy Twombley 2,
Ryan Vann 1,
Drew Oreskes 1,
Logan Templeton 1,
Logan Harris 1,
Stephen Dillender 1, Jarett Herz 1,
Cade Williams 1
Pitching:
Bennett Spronk (W) 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 5 K;
Aaron Wood 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R
Game 2 – Midland 9, Dordt 4
Midland used power at the plate and a big early offensive surge to defeat Dordt 9-4 in the second game of Friday's doubleheader in Fremont.
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The game remained scoreless through the first inning before Midland broke through with two runs in the second on an RBI single by Adam Muniz Jr. and a steal of home by Jax Sorensen.
Midland extended the lead in the third with back-to-back home runs from Eimir Perez Jr. and Owen Glover to push the margin to 5-0. A solo home run by Chase Bouges in the fourth and a three-run fifth inning, highlighted by a two-run triple from Brody Boyle, stretched the lead to 9-0. Dordt got on the board in the seventh when
Chisum Demmers doubled home Jarett Herz and added three runs in the ninth, including a two-run double by
Stephen Dillender, but the rally came up short in the 9-4 final.
Team Statistics
Hits: Dordt 10 / Midland 13
Errors: Dordt 1 / Midland 1
Left on Base: Dordt 12 / Midland 8
Strikeouts (Pitching): Dordt 6 / Midland 10
Walks Issued: Dordt 3 / Midland 4
Dordt Individual Leaders
Hits: Jimmy Twombley 2,
Drew Oreskes 2,
Logan Harris 2
RBIs:
Stephen Dillender 2,
Logan Harris 1,
Chisum Demmers 1
Runs:
Ryan Vann 1,
Drew Oreskes 1,
Logan Harris 1, Jarett Herz 1
Doubles:
Drew Oreskes, Jarett Herz,
Chisum Demmers,
Stephen Dillender
Pitching: Ryan Boe 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 K
