Sports
Jacks fall short in close games
Bottineau Courant Staff
05/07/2013
The Dakota College at Bottineau baseball team dropped all five of their game this past week as they prepared for the Region XIII Tournament.
The Jacks lost to the University of Winnipeg at home on Thursday, and then fell four times in games against Dakota County Technical College.
The week began on Thursday as the Jacks hosted the University of Winnipeg for DCB’s one and only home game this season.
Winnipeg took a 6-2 lead in the fifth inning, but DCB tied the game in the bottom of the fifth.
However, Winnipeg scored in the eighth and ninth to take home an 8-6 victory.
JJ Dukes pitched eight inning for DCB, allowing three earned runs on 13 hits and striking out 10.
Tyias Huck led the Jacks on offense with a 3-for-5 game with a run scored.
After Thursday’s loss the Jacks looked to bounce back against Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) as they traveled to Minneapolis.
However, DCTC proved to be a strong opponent and swept the Jacks in all four games.
The first game was a close game as DCTC led throughout the game after a two-run second inning. DCB scratched across a run in the fourth, but that would be their only one.
Sophomore Taylor Milbrath pitched all six innnigs for DCB allowing six hits and one earned run.
Roy Hotvedt was strong for DCTC on the mound, striking out 12 DCB batters in a complete game.
Offensively Dukes was 2-for-4 for DCB.
In the second game it was another strong pitching performance for DCTC, who took down the Jacks 7-1.
DCB had only two hits (coming from Dukes and Kirk Sailer) and never got their offense going.
Greg Thompson started on the hill and pitched five innings, allowing three earned runs.
As if the offense was poor in the first two games, it was worse in game three as DCTC pitcher Conor Lourey earned a no-hitter in a five inning 11-0 victory.
Huck and Sailer combined for four innings and 11 runs, seven hits and six walks.
Zach Garner was 4-for-4 with two runs batted in (RBI) for DCTC.
Finally, in the final game the Jacks played their strongest game of the weekend.
Trailing 4-2 in the top of the seventh DCB scored three runs to take a 5-4 lead. However, starting pitcher Tyler Storseth, who finished with 11 hits and five earned runs in seven innings, got tired and allowed the game to be extended to extra innings.
In the eighth, DCB was unable to score and DCTC scored in the bottom of the inning to take a 6-5 win.
Sailer had a strong night at the plate for the Jacks going 1-for-4 with two RBI and an a run scored.
The losses dropped the Jacks to 2-16 overall on the season.
DCB begins Region XIII play on Friday in Bismarck.