Baseball spilts four game set with Bossier Parish

by Cory Little
Littleton, Colo. sophomore

The Trojans baseball team kick-started their season this past weekend with a four game set against Bossier Parish Community College in Shreveport, Louisiana, going
2-2. The Cavaliers of Bossier Parish came into the game with an even five and five record and came out on Sunday and took the first two games.

The first game was a low-scoring affair with the Cavaliers topping the Trojans by a score of 3-1. Starter Sean Lydon gave a strong effort going 3 and 2/3 while only giving up 2 earned runs. Sophomore reliever Garret Morgan, who would prove to be a force out of the bullpen the entire weekend, came in and gave the Trojans a chance by holding Bossier Parish to zero runs the last 3 innings. The Trojans however could not quite get the sticks going against a very good Cavaliers pitching staff, as they were held to only five hits, with sophomore Kurri Darby getting Colby's only RBI.

Game 2 of the doubleheader was more of the same for the Trojans, as they were downed 4-3. BPCC pitcher Jordan LeGross turned in a dominating performance, striking out 12 Trojan batters through 7 innings. The Trojans got down 2 early but managed to scrape their way back to a 2-2 tie with two crucial sacrifice flies; one in the top of the 7th by sophomore transfer Dan Turre to get the Trojans on the board, and the another in the top of the 8th by Zach Semenza to knot the game up at 2. The Cavaliers battled back in the bottom of the ninth though and managed to scratch out a run out of two softly hit singles to win the game.

The Trojans were able to flip the script on the second day though, and went on to capture both games of the doubleheader. Colby got a great start out of freshman Josh Edwards, who went 5 innings while only giving up 2 earned runs. Edwards battled through adversity throughout the game, stranding at least one Cavalier runner on base each inning. Colby's big inning offensively came in the 6th, with Garret Stone leading off the inning with a big double to the gap. Freshman Scott Hornstra immediately drove him in with a single up the middle. The Trojans went on to win the first game by the score of 4-2.

The last game of the series proved to be the best of them all for Colby. It was a back and forth game up until the 8th inning when, with the score all knotted up at
4, the Cavaliers scored twice to go up 2 entering the top of the ninth.

Bossier Parish quickly got the first two outs but the Trojans showed tremendous heart and managed to scrape out two runs with two outs on a single by Steve Kletke. Reliever Garret Morgan proved to be huge once again for Colby, coming in and shutting down a good Bossier Parish lineup for four innings. His work gave the Trojans the chance to win the game in the 11th inning which they gladly took.

With one out Hornstra singled and Kletke singled him in with another clutch RBI. Sophmore Aaron Dunsmore, who had 4 hits in the game, cemented the lead with an RBI single to drive Kletke in. Morgan then closed the game out with a quick 3 up 3 down inning to pick up his first win of the year.

The Trojans are on the road again this coming weekend with a 2 game stand against Howard College of Big Spring, Texas and Odessa College of Odessa, Texas.