'Hounds take 3 of 4 from NCMC

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team took three out of four games from North Central Missouri College at Jaycee Ball Park here over the weekend.

The Greyhounds (7-1) swept Saturday's games 8-2 and 3-1. They won Sunday's opener 7-2 but lost the second game in eight innings, 4-3.

Fort Scott also swept the Ottawa junior varsity on the road Wednesday. Those scores were 14-4 and 19-2. Ka'Ai Tom and Lance Barkley hit their first home runs of the season in the opening game.

Those two each hit their second homers in Saturday's opener while Josh Griffith belted his first. Griffith (2-0) was also the winning pitcher, striking out 7 in five innings.

Parker O'Dell had 2 hits, including a home run in game two for the 'Hounds. Winning pitcher Aaron Mason allowed 6 hits and a walk in 4 2/3 innings.

Tom had 2 hits and 2 RBI in Sunday's opener while Zach Taylor had 3 hits. Ryan Ahrens (1-1) struck out 8 batters in 4 innings as he evened his season record. John Lynch struck out 4 in 3 innings of relief.

All three of Fort Scott's second-game runs scored on Alex Copeland's first home of the season in the fourth inning.

FSCC has postponed a single 9-inning home game with Crowder to February 27 due to today's forecast for extreme cold.

Editor's note: In the print edition, it was started that the Crowder game had been rescheduled for Wednesday (Feb. 21). A correction was emailed to the Tribune but it arrived too late to make the print edition.


Saturday's Games

Game One

NC Missouri... 000 001 1 -- 2 2 0

Fort Scott...... 221 300 x -- 8 8 0

WP -- Griffith (2-0). LP -- Mann.

HR -- NCMC: Powers. Fort Scott: Tom (2), Barkley (2), Griffith (1).

Game Two

NC Missouri... 100 000 0 -- 1 7 1

Fort Scott...... 003 000 x -- 3 4 2

WP -- Mason (2-0). LP -- A.Cross. Sv. -- Kevlin (2).

HR -- Fort Scott: O' Dell (1).

Sunday's Games

Game One

NC Missouri... 000 200 0 -- 2 6 2

Fort Scott...... 212 011 x -- 7 5 1

WP -- Ahrens (1-1). LP -- Bohannan.

HR -- None.

Game Two

NC Missouri. 011 100 01 -- 4 8 1

Fort Scott.... 000 300 00 -- 3 5 4

WP -- Ball. LP -- Rousseau (0-1).

HR -- Fort Scott: Copeland (1).