SWEDES TAKE GAME 4 AGAINST TIGERS; FALL 3-1 IN SERIES

Hutchinson, Kan. - The Bethany College Baseball team travelled to Hutchinson, Kansas to face-off against Central Christian College Tigers for the last weekend series before conference.

Game 1

In game 1 of the series, the Swedes would lose by the score of 1-2. The Swedes would lead by a run until Central Christian would score in the second inning. The game would continue without runs until the 5th inning where Central Christian would get one over the Swedes. While there were a few brave attempts the equalize, the game would end in favor of the Tigers by a sole run 1-2. Both teams would have 4 hits in this game and 1 error. Pitchers Luis de los Santos and Kevin Nieves would combine for a total of 7 strikeouts.

Game 2

Game 2 saw the Swedes concede a run early on but get one back in the 3rd inning. Central Christian would later respond by scoring a further 4 runs to lead the game 5-1. The Swedes would not go down easily as they fought hard to in an attempt to come back. With two runs in the 6th and one run in the 7th inning the Swedes would make the game 4-5. Unfortunately for the Swedes the 3rd baseman made a throw to 1st leading to a close out to end the game. Luis Ramos would lead the team in RBIs and Hunter Roe with hits.

Game 3

Game 3 proved to be a much more difficult challenge for the Swedes as the game ended 2-6 in favor of the Central Christian Tigers. Conceding 6 runs in the 2nd and 3rd inning would ultimately be the downfall of the Swedes in this game. However, it seemed that in the fifth inning the Swedes would recreate some of the heroics from the game 2. Unfortunately, after two runs in the 5th, the Swedes would not be able to keep going and the game would end 2-6 in favor of the Tigers. Hunter Roe would once again lead the Swedes with hits in the game.

Game 4

The beginning of game 4 seemed to really be a battle between pitchers. Unfortunately, pitcher Willian Figueroa-Soto would be the first to concede in the third inning. However, Figueroa would not concede any more runs and would finish his game with 8 strikeouts before being taken off at the bottom of the fifth. Pitchers Wyatt Lingenfelter and Nicholas Flores would successfully close out the game only allowing one run between them as the Swedes went on to win 10-2. Luka Morales would lead this game in runs while Bryce Moseley and Hunter Roe would lead with hits.

Up next…

The Bethany College Baseball team will travel to take on Avila University for a three game series starting on February 16th and ending with a double header on the 17th.This is the beginning of the Swedes' run in conference where the look to leave their mark.

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