Fourth-Inning Spurt Lead Connors State Cowboys Past Eastern Oklahoma State College
Connors State Cowboys scored 12 runs in the fourth inning, which helped them defeat Eastern Oklahoma State College 23-2 on Saturday. Landon Holzhauer hit a solo home run to left field, Luke Beeler drew a walk, scoring one run, Jordan Gallo drew a walk, scoring one run, Seojin Kim singled, scoring one run, Marc Nellis singled, scoring one run, Landon Holzhauer was struck by a pitch, driving in a run, Logan Hedrick drew a walk, scoring one run, Maddox Edwards drew a walk, scoring one run, and Christian Suarez hit a grand slam to left field. Connors State Cowboys got on the board in the bottom of the first inning after Keshav Tebeck doubled, scoring two runs, Beeler hit a sacrifice fly, scoring one run, Holzhauer drew a walk, scoring one run, Hedrick singled, scoring two runs, and an error scored one run. A double by Nellis extended the Connors State Cowboys lead to 8-0 in the bottom of the second inning. Connors State Cowboys added to their early lead in the bottom of the third inning after Tebeck singled down the right field line, Eastern Oklahoma State College committed an error, and Kim doubled to center field, each scoring one run. Long hit a solo home run to right field in the top of the fifth for the Eastern Oklahoma State College. Robert Medina led things off on the mound for Connors State Cowboys. The starting pitcher surrendered five hits and two runs over five innings, striking out four and walking two. Green began the game for Eastern Oklahoma State College. The starting pitcher surrendered one hit and four runs (three earned) over two-thirds of an inning, striking out none and walking three. Connors State Cowboys piled up 12 hits in the game. Tebeck, Hedrick, Edwards, Nellis, and Kim each collected two hits for Connors State Cowboys. Suarez led Connors State Cowboys with four runs batted in. The second baseman went 1-for-1 on the day. Hasenclever led Connors State Cowboys with three walks. Overall, the team had a strong eye at the plate, tallying 11 walks for the game. Connors State Cowboys turned one double play in the game.
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