Greyhounds open baseball season
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team opened its season by taking advantage of the FieldTurf facility at Jaycee Ballpark here Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday, the Greyhounds defeated Southeast Nebraska, 3-2, in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The second game was cancelled when rain arrived in the area.
The artificial surface allowed Sunday's doubleheader to be played as scheduled. Southeast Nebraska won the opener, 15-5, while Fort Scott claimed the second game, 13-6.
Not many details are available from the weekend's action. Linescores are provided at the end of this summary.
Tuesday's scheduled game at the Ottawa University junior varsity has been changed to Wednesday at 1 p.m. The Greyhounds will play at Jaycee Ballpark again this weekend with 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday doubleheaders against North Central Missouri.
Saturday's Games
Game One
SE Nebraska.. 001 010 0 -- 2 2 2
Fort Scott...... 003 000 x -- 3 6 0
WP -- Griffith. LP -- Farleigh.. SV. -- Kelvin.
HR -- None.
Game Two
Ccd., rain.
Sunday's Games
Game One
SE Nebraska. 007 220 4 -- 15 12 0
Fort Scott...... 100 400 0 -- 5 7 2
WP -- Valdez. LP -- Ahrens.
HR -- SE Nebraska: Dreifurst.
Game Two
SE Nebraska.. 200 220 x -- 6 9 3
Fort Scott...... 100 038 x -- 12 10 1
WP -- n/a. LP -- n/a.
HR -- none.