Sioux City, Iowa — The Dordt Defenders opened conference play with a sweep of Dakota Wesleyan.
In game 1, Nick Hamilton hit a solo home run in the second inning to give Dordt their first run of the game and help the Defenders take a 1-0 lead.
Following a no-hit inning for Dakota Wesleyan, the Defenders added to their lead in the top of the 3rd as John Emerson put the ball in play for an RBI to give Dordt a 2-0 advantage.
Dakota Wesleyan’s half of the inning included an RBI single for DeMers that cut the Tigers’ deficit in half.
Dordt answered in the top of the 4th as Cam Pfafman hit a one-out single to right that brought in Nick Hamilton. The scoring continued for the Defenders when Lucas Nelson scored during a stealing attempt to give Dordt a 4-1 lead.
The Tigers scored once more in the bottom of the 6th, but Dordt added an insurance run in the 7th with Aaron Eshelman’s steal and score to secure a 5-2 win for the Defenders.
Nick Hamilton scored two runs, including a home run, on a 1-3 outing
Gyeongju Kim pitched a complete game, throwing 12 strikeouts
The Dordt Defenders overcame a 3-1 deficit in the fourth inning to win a 10-6 decision from the Dakota Wesleyan Tigers in GPAC baseball.
Dordt took the lead on a Nick Hamilton two-run homerun for a 4-3 lead but Wesleyan scored a run each in the fifth and seventh innings.
A Brock Spade solo homerun tied the game in the eight but Wesleyan took the lead again with a run scored on a wild pitch. Dordt finally got some breathing room in the ninth with Chase Edwards doubling in Logan Cline to tie it an and Hamilton delivered the eventual game winner with a single. Dordt added three more for a 10-6 lead and Nick Yeager worked around a leadoff single in the bottom of the ninth to get the pitching win after coming on in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Austin Pullar was 3-5 in the leadoff spot with two runs scored. Nick Hamilton was 3-5 with four runs batted in and Brock Spade also was 3-5 with two runs batted in.
Logan Cline continues to swing a hot bat with two hits and he was walked three times.
Luke Turner pitched six and a third innings and struck out 10 with five runs allowed on seven hits.
Diego Benitez pitched an inning and allowed tow hits and Yeager recorded the final five outs and had a strikeout with one hit given up.
Dordt is now 9-11 and 2-0 in the GPAC and will host Doane on Saturday afternoon starting at 2:00.
