Indians outscore Trinidad 34-1 in Saturday sweep.

The McCook Community College baseball team outscored Trinidad State in two games Saturday 34-1 in taking both ends of a doubleheader, 10-0 and 24-1 to complete the four-game sweep over the Trojans.

“I’m very happy with the day, I thought we pitched really well,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen.

Aviv Bobrov (freshman, Shekhanya, Israel) pitched five no-hit innings for MCC in Game 1 and the offense put the game away with four runs in the sixth inning to end the game on the 10-run rule. Colby Kaplan (freshman, Parker, Colo.) pitched a scoreless sixth inning.

“Aviv was good but left with an injury, and it’s unfortunate because he went out with a no-hitter in tack,” said Olsen, “But Colby threw a great sixth.”

After scoring four runs each in the first and third innings, the Indians busted the game open with 15 runs in the third inning of Game 2. The first 14 hitters in the inning reached base. Sophomore Owen Glover (Elderslie, New South Wales) hit a grand slam in the middle of the on-base streak and had six RBIs in the game and sophomore Cory Wouters (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) also had six RBIs with a three-hit game.

Sophomore Myles Chabi (Sydney, Australia) pitched four shutout innings and sophomore Leif Friedrich (Surrey, British Columbia) pitched the final three innings for the Indians.

“Chabi had another great start and Leif came in and did what he needed too, good to see.  I thought we played really good defense on the weekend, strikes and defense. 

With the two losses Trinidad State falls to 4-14 in the Empire League standings (Region IX) and 12-20 on the season.

MCC improves to 8-10 in the standings and 20-23 overall.

The Indians will be home Tuesday to host Colby Community College at 3:30 p.m. This weekend the Indians will be in Region IX play where they have won seven of their last games. MCC travels to Lamar, Colo. for a pair of Region IX doubleheaders Friday and Saturday.

“Our lineup is starting to gel a bit and we are getting production up and down the lineup,” said Olsen. “We’ve played well the last two weekends, and it would be good to keep it going.”

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GAME 1 – McCook 10, Trinidad State 0: The Indians loaded the bases with one out in the second on singles by sophomore Owen Glover and freshman Mason Regan (Centennial, Colo.) and freshman Landon McKillip (Lamoni, Iowa) was hit by a pitch. Glover scored on a fielder’s choice and Regan scored on a Trinidad error.

In the fourth Regan line a one-out single and later scored on a passed ball. Sophomore Nathan Hutchison (Riverton, Wyo.) doubled in another run and Cory Wouters singled Hutchison home to put MCC ahead 5-0.

Aviv Bobrov pitched five no-hit innings for MCC with no walks and seven strikeouts and became the winning pitcher.

Freshman Chase Williams (Brampton, Ontario) was hit by a pitch to start off the fifth and later scored on an RBI-single by McKillip to make it a 6-0 game.

Colby Kaplan (freshman, Parker, Colo.) pitched a scoreless sixth inning, allowing one hit and one walk.

Freshman Carter Smith (Ottawa, Canada) homered to lead off the sixth and added one run on a two-out Glover single and two runs by Regan to end the game on the 10-run rule.

The infield combo of Glover (3B), Regan (2B) and McKillip (SS) accounted for four runs, six hits and four RBIs, hitting in the seventh, eithth and ninth place in the batting order. MCC also got two-hit games from Smith and freshman Tyler Reyburn (Frederick, Colo.).

GAME 2 – McCook 24, Trinidad State 1: Cory Wouters hit a two-run single in the first to get the Indian offense started. Owen Glover hit a sacrifice fly and Landon McKillip drew a bases-loaded walk to put MCC up 4-0.

The Indians got a little help scoring four runs in the third getting two walks and a Trinidad error in front of a McKillip RBI-single. A second run scored on the throw from left field. Wouters singled in two more runs to give the Indians an 8-0 lead.

MCC blew the game open in the fourth when the first 14 hitters of the inning reached base – five by singles, one by double, one by a home run, three by walks, three hit batters and one error. Glover, the 12^th batter of the inning, hit a grand-slam to give MCC a 20-0 lead and added three more in the 15-run inning to lead 23-1.

Redshirt sophomore Myles Chabi (Sydney, Australia) was the beneficiary of the run support. He allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out four.

Sophomore Leif Friedrich (Surrey, British Columbia) pitched the final three innings for the Indians and gave up a walk and an unearned run in his first inning of work to spoil the shutout. He allowed one hit, walked two and struck out three.

MCC got a final run in the sixth inning on a two-out double by sophomore Maddox Shaver (Belleville, Ontario) and a pinch-hit RBI-single from freshman Ben Heathcock (Little Elm, Texas).

MCC had 14 hits in the game led by three by Wouters who drove in six. Reyburn, Glover and McKillip all had two-hit games with Glover batting in six runs.