Saints swept at Hutchinson, suffer 5-3, 12-1 losses

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Seward County Community College baseball team was swept on the road by Hutchinson Community College, losing 5-3 in the first game and getting run-ruled 12-1 in the nightcap, on Saturday.

The Saints fell to 1-7 in the Jayhawk West, dropping three of four to Hutchinson, and 14-17 overall. SCCC begins a series at Cloud County on Thursday.

GAME ONE

The Saints held a brief lead in the third inning, but could not hold on.

Hutchinson opened the scoring with a run in the second before Seward got on the board and scored a pair of runs in the top of the third inning. The Saints took a 2-1 lead on a pair of solo homers by Nathan Hopkins and Brooks Barber.

The Blue Dragons regained the advantage with two runs in the bottom of the inning and added another pair of runs in the fourth to open a 5-2 margin.

Seward cut the lead to 5-3 in the sixth when Colton Rowan led off with a double and Barber followed with another double, driving home Rowan. That would be the last run of the game as the Saints failed to get any more scoring.

Koshiro Ohno was strong in relief for Seward, pitching one-hit ball over 2 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out five and walking none.

Aldo Ostos took the loss, gave up five runs on eight hits, walked one and struck out one over 3 1/3 innings.

GAME TWO

Seward could not muster much offense, scratching out only five singles in a run-rule loss in seven innings. The Saints also struck out 10 times in the nightcap.

Hutchinson jumped all over Seward pitching early, scoring three runs each in the first and second innings and adding another three runs in fourth to take a 9-1 lead. The Blue Dragons scored another run in fifth and two more runs in the sixth to complete their scoring and go on to a 12-1 win.

The Saints scored their only run in the fourth on a Ryan Todd RBI single to make it 6-1.

Logan Tice took the loss, lasting only 1 2/3 innings, giving up six runs on six hits, walking four and striking out two.