Lake Myrtle, Florida — The Dordt Defender baseball team was on the short end of a 7-4 decision in game one of their doubleheader with Lawrence Tech on Tuesday in Florida.
Dordt got a run in the first inning when JaeYoun Kim had a sacrifice line drive that scored Logan Cline after Cilne initially singled to open the frame. The Defenders missed out on a bigger inning when they left two runners on. Cline had a solo homerun in the third inning for a 2-0 lead but Lawrence Tech finally formulated an answer in the fifth inning.
In the frame the Blue Devils scored five runs on four hits and then tacked on two more in the fifth inning for a 7-2 lead. The Defenders got two back in the seventh inning with Christanson belting a single and Dylan Stanley scored on an Aaron Eshelman ground out for the 7-4 final.
Dordt had a 10-6 hits advantage with Cline going 3-4 with two runs scored with a pair of singles and a homerun.
Luke November was 3-4 with three singles and Nolan Christianson had two singles.
Nick Yeager started the game and went three innings and struck out six. Carter Scott pitched the final inning and two-thirds and struck out one and didn’t allow a hit.
The Dordt Defenders used a six run second inning and then held on as Lawrence Tech’s comeback effort came up short in the second game of two played between the schools on Tuesday, March 8.
Lawrence Tech scored a pair in the first inning but Dordt responded with six in the home half of the second. Logan Cline and Nolan Christianson produced one and two runs batted in respectively with singles and Anthony Klinzing had a double that knocked in two. JaeYoun Kim also plated a run with a fielder’s choice to make it 6-2.
Dylan Stanley added to the lead with a single in the fourth that got a run across but Lawrence Tech answered with five of their own in the fifth inning to tie the game at 7-7.
Cline and Klinzing added a double and single that each scored a run in the fifth inning but Lawrence Tech made it 9-8 with a run in the top of the sixth.
Again Dordt answered with JaeYoun Kim scoring on a balk and Logan De Vries scored on an error in the sixth inning to give Dordt two insurance runs and put them up 11-8.
Dordt used six pitchers in the game with Kevin Fokkema starting the game and he struck out three.
Cline had a four hit game with two runs batted in on three singles and a double.
Klinzing had three runs batted in with a double and aa single and Nolan Christanson and Dylan Stanley each had two hits with Christianson knocking in two runs.
Mike Bruell got the win in relief and was the pitcher of record when Dordt took its last lead. Michael Ohlin got the save after going two innings and struck out two with three hits allowed.
Dordt is now 3-9 and will be off on Wednesday before resuming play on Thursday against Judson in a doubleheader.
