Six games were played by Doane Baseball over the last week, which resulted in six victories added to the Tigers’ already winning record. Doane now is 20-4 on the season and 6-0 in conference play.
The busy week for the Tigers started in Yankton, South Dakota with a doubleheader against Mount Marty University. The first game was especially tight between the two teams. Doane hit early in the game with three runs in the first inning and two in the second before the Lancers got on the board with two runs in the bottom of the second.
Mount Marty added a third run to their score in the bottom of the third, which was followed by a strong defense that resulted in a scoring drought until the sixth inning. The Lancers, who were trailing 3-5, added four runs to take their first lead of the game. Doane used the final inning to retake the lead with three runs, going up 8-7, and held tight on defense to take the first victory of the day.
The second game was not as close as the first with the Tigers jumping out to a lead they would not relinquish. Doane went up 7-0 by scoring three in the first and four in the second. Mount Marty made quite the comeback in the third inning with six runs, but the Tigers were able to close out the inning with their lead intact.
The Tigers won 9-6, adding a run in both the six and the seventh inning while holding the Lancers scoreless. After two wins on the road, Doane returned to Crete, Nebraska for two games against Hastings College. Game one was a rather low-scoring battle between the two teams and only the fourth inning resulted in runs for either team. The final score concluded as a 2-1 win for the Tigers, who moved into the second game with a more alert and aggressive offense.
Doane kicked off game two against Hastings with one run in the second, followed by two more in the third. They took one inning off, all the while holding the Broncos scoreless, before adding three runs in the fifth inning. Hastings was unable to bring in a run and the Tigers won 6-0, making it a clean sweep at home.
To conclude their busy week, Doane had two more games against Hastings, this time on the Broncos’ field. As precedent in the last doubleheader, the Tigers won the first game with a score of 2-1. Although the Broncos were first on the board with a run in the fifth, Doane closed out the final two innings with one run in each, giving them the win.
Once again, the second game was a bit higher scoring than the previous. Doane jumped out with an early lead thanks to a run in the second and two in the fifth inning. After the Tigers added two more in the top of the sixth, Hastings responded with one of their own to get them on the board trailing 5-1.
The Broncos made an attempted comeback, with another run in the seventh and three in the ninth while preventing the Tigers from scoring. The game came to a close with a 5-5 tie at the end of the ninth inning, resulting in a tenth. It was here that Doane secured their sixth and final victory for the week with three runs, giving them a 8-5 win and a clean sweep against Hastings.
Doane Baseball has another action-packed week ahead of them, starting with two games on March 27 in Seward, Nebraska against Concordia University. They then return home on March 29 and 30 for back-to-back doubleheaders against the University of Jamestown.