HUMBOLDT — Things went from bad to worse for Allen Community College’s baseball team Saturday.
Playing once again at the Humboldt Sports Complex, the Red Devils dropped both games of a doubleheader, losing the first in a frustrating 4-3 setback.
Visiting Fort Scott Community College then exploded out of the gate in Game 2, scoring 12 runs in the first four innings of a 12-1 romp.
Things started promisingly enough. The Red Devils jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opener’s second inning, when Lucas McCain was hit by a pitch and came around to score on Kurt Golubski’s ground ball. Jonah Weisner followed with a two-run single with two outs.
But the Greyhounds responded promptly with a two-run home run and a two-run single in the top of the third to take a 4-3 lead.
The Red Devils stranded a runner at second base to end the fourth, runners at second and third to end the fifth and left two more runners stranded in the sixth.
Lukas Rich worked a one-out walk in the seventh, but a strikeout and pop fly ended the game.
Weisner paced the offense with a pair of singles. Rich, Colton Patterson and Josh Prinner all singled once.
Alex Dilley started, giving up two hits in two-2plus innings. Paxton Brayn three three scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts. Connor Clark struck out the side in the seventh for ACC.
FORT Scott pieced together three hits and a walk to jump out to a quick 3-0 lead in the nightcap.
Allen put two runners on base in its half of the first with one out, but missed out tht scoring opportunity.
Carter Dobrinski’s three-run blast in the second put FSCC up 6-0.
Jacob Satterfield’s sacrifice fly drove in McCain to cut the gap to 6-1. But Allen’s best chance at a comeback evaporated in the third after the first three Red Devil batters walked to load the bases with nobody out. But a force out at home and a pair of strikeouts kept ACC scoreless.
The Greyhounds then put the game away in the fourth. The first seven Greyhound batters reached base, pushing the lead to 12-1.
Prinner doubled for the Red Devils, while Kyle Carver, Levi Bennett and Satterfield all had singles.
Luke Stone and Luke Carter each gave up seven hits, before Caleb Patterson shut down FSCC with three scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Sawyer Rolland also pitched a scoreless seventh with a strikeout.
