On Feb. 23-24, the Baseball team traveled to McPherson, Kansas to compete in a two-day four-game long competition against Missouri Valley College.
Going into their first game against the Vikings, senior Johnny Vulcano gained the first run of the game, with sophomore Carson Baker adding another run to their score, which brought the score to 2-0 at the end of the third.
In the bottom of the fourth, senior Carter Roth added another run to the score bringing it to 3-0. However, in the top of the fifth, the Vikings added their first run of the game, bringing the score to 3-1. But in the bottom of the sixth, Vulcano scored a homer which also brought Roth home as well, making the final score 5-1.
Going into their second game of the competition, junior Dane Kelsey gained the first run of this game, with sophomore Brayden Jones adding another run at the bottom of the first.
However, going into the top of the third inning, the Vikings added four runs which brought the score to 2-4. But at the bottom of the fifth, junior Max Harris added a run for the Tigers, making the score 3-4.
In the top of the sixth, the Vikings added one more run to their score, but at the bottom of the sixth, sophomore Taiyo Takahashi hit a homer with senior Richard Reding adding another run, which brought the score to 5-5. Finishing up this game in the ninth inning was sophomore Gage Ryba who brought the final score to 6-5.
Going into day two of the competition, the Tigers won their third match against the Vikings by a landslide with the final score being 16-1.
Starting off in the top of the first inning, the Vikings scored their first and only run of the game. However in the bottom of the first, senior Logan Amick scored the Tigers first run of the game, with Roth, Jones, and Harris scoring as well as Volcano hitting a homer. This made the score 1-5 at the bottom of the first.
In the bottom of the second, Amick would be adding another run, as well as Jones hitting a homer as well, bringing the score to 1-7. In the bottom of the fourth, Jones, Roth, Vulcano and Harris added runs to the score, bringing the score to 1-11.
Finishing it off in the bottom of the fifth were freshman Thaden Wewel, Vulcano, Jones and Takahashi, adding a run each to their score, bringing the final score to 1-16.
Going into their last and final match against the Vikings, the first run was Roth, with the score being 1-0. In the bottom of the third, Roth added another run, making the score 2-0.
In the bottom of the fourth, Amick scored making the score 0-3. In the bottom of the fifth, Vulcano, Baker and Ryba scored with Amick hitting a homer, which brought the final score to 7-0.
On Mar. 1-2, the Tigers will be having their first at-home game against Clarke University with games starting at 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on both days.
