Scoring was at a premium for Allen Community College’s baseball team over the weekend. ALLEN WAS limited to four hits in Saturday’s 6-0 loss. Neosho County broke through against Tanner Lee with three runs in the fourth and two in the fifth.
The Red Devils only scored on one run in their doubleheader finale Sunday, but it was enough to salvage the final game of the four-game series, 1-0, over visiting Neosho County.
The Panthers opened Sunday’s play with a 13-3 win after sweeping a doubleheader Saturday, 6-0 and 9-3.
Drew Walden singled to lead off the bottom of the fifth. He scored on Troy Willoughby’s sacrifice fly.
Nate Arnold made that run stand up, allowing only three hits in his complete game win. He walked two and struck out nine.
Walden and Garrett Rasch each had singles for Allen. Jerrik Sigg, meanwhile, went 2-for-3.
Neosho County broke open a 3-1 lead with five runs in the fourth and fifth innings of Sunday’s opener.
Tim Lewis doubled to lead off the bottom of the second for Allen. Trey Francis drove him in with a ground ball.
Sigg singled to lead off the fourth. Lewis drove him in with an RBI double. Francis singled to drive in Lewis for the third run of the game.
Sigg went 2-for-3 with a double. Lewis went 2-for-2 with two doubles. Francis and Cody Amerine had singles.
Seth Jones started, giving up seven hits in four innings. Jake Thompson allowed three hits and three walks in his inning of relief.
Lewis had two singles. Willoughby and Arnold had singles.
Lee allowed just three hits but walked six with seven strikeouts. He threw 128 pitches. Conor Burns pitched a perfect inning of relief.
Neosho County erupted for four runs in the fourth, countered by two by Allen in the bottom of the inning.
A Lewis single drove in Arnold. Francis followed two batters later with an RBI single.
Arnold’s ground ball drove in Amerine in the fifth. Amerine opened the inning with a double.
Francis had two hits, while Willoughby, Sigg, Lewis and Cole Slusser singled. Amerine had a double.
Geoffrey Borque gave up six hits in five innings with two walks and three strikeouts. Lucas Westervelt gave up three hits in two innings of relief.
Allen hosts Kansas Wesleyan Tuesday before traveling to Fort Scott Saturday and Sunday to wrap up the regular season.
Allen drops 3 of 4 to Panthers
