Allen Community College baseball secured a 6-0 victory over Neosho County on Friday afternoon to mark the Red Devils’ 11th straight win.
Unfortunately the winning streak didn’t extend any further for Allen (13-10; 5-3) who lost their next three games to Neosho to cap the weekend. The Red Devils’ pitching was their Achilles heel, serving up 34 runs through the final three games against the Panthers.
Game one
Allen freshman pitcher John James (3-0) was lights out for his third win of the season on Friday afternoon. James shut out Neosho through all seven innings he worked while only allowing three hits and striking out eight batters.
The Red Devils broke through for three runs in the bottom of the third inning before plating one more run in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.
Cade Schupp was the leader at the plate for Allen, driving in three runs on two hits. Blake Venneman and Garrett Rusch also each drove in one run. Venneman cleaned up and had four hits while Schupp collected two.
Game two
Friday’s second match wasn’t as kind to the Red Devils who went ahead in the bottom of the third, 2-1, but lost the lead late when Neosho plated five runs in the final two innings.
Bret Buchanan was brilliant for Allen for six innings, allowing only one run on five hits. Jack Neill came on relief to pitch in the seventh and served up three runs on two hits without recording an out. Hunter Heavener then allowed another couple of runs to score in the eighth.
Reed Jansen closed things out on the mound where he registered the final four outs and didn’t allow a hit through 1.1 innings of work. Jansen also struck out a couple Panthers.
Allen’s Colton Ayres and Garrett Rusch each drove home a run in the bottom of the third.
Game three
The Red Devils were blown out in their first game on Sunday, taking a 13-1 run-limit loss.
Allen kept it within a one-run game until the fourth inning when Neosho exploded for 11 runs. Nic Besecker was sharp early on pitching for Allen but gave up a total of four runs after being pulled following the third inning.
Noe Stroer allowed Neosho to reach their run-limit when he allowed eight runs to score in the fourth inning while tossing only one out. Ethan Nissen recorded the final two outs of the fourth inning and allowed another run before the game was called following the top of the fifth.
