PELLA, Iowa – The Coe College baseball team picked up a pair of A-R-C victories Friday afternoon at Central, knocking off the Dutch 4-0 and 6-2 for its league wins of 2025. Coe's starting pitchers
Jack Walsh and
Ethan O'Donnell were the headlining performers on the day, allowing a combined eight hits and two earned runs across 17 innings of action. Walsh started in game one with a truly dominant performance with a complete-game, one-hit shutout. The sophomore from Dubuque allowed just two base runners while striking out four batters for his third win of the year.
Tyce Johnson, CJ Johnson and
Mitchell Eckardt were Coe's RBI getters in the game, backing up the career-best outing from Walsh. O'Donnell was nearly as good as his teammate in game two, going eight innings while allowing two runs on seven hits. The North Liberty native struck out five Dutch hitters and walked just one en route to his second win of the season. Coe's offense managed just six hits in game two but a clutch go-ahead three-run double in the seventh from
Ryan Thoreson was enough for the Kohawks to cling to.
COE 4 - CENTRAL 0
Game Facts
- Coe took the lead in the second inning after squandering a bases-loaded chance in the first, getting a sacrifice fly from Tyce Johnson for the early lead. Walsh recorded his second straight 1, 2, 3, inning and sent his bats back to work in the top of the third. CJ Johnson made it 2-0 during the inning, driving home Jack Allison who had drawn a leadoff walk earlier in the frame. Walsh remained dominant throughout the game, recording 1, 2, 3 innings in the fourth, fifth and seventh while Central's starter found his groove. The Kohawks picked up some key insurance in the top of the ninth, doubling their lead with a two-run double from Eckardt with two outs. Walsh took the bump again in the ninth and made quick work, recording his sixth 1, 2, 3 inning of the contest to ensure the win.
COE 6 - CENTRAL 2
Game Facts
- Coe's offense got another solid start in game two, taking the lead on a bizarre play in the first as Central threw it over the pitcher's head to give the visitors a 1-0 lead. Central took its first lead of the series in the bottom of the third, scoring twice on RBI singles. The Kohawks quickly responded and knotted the game in the fourth, getting a sacrifice fly from Ryan Brosius who drove home Tyce Johnson. Thoreson delivered the key hit a few innings later, driving home three runs with a bases-clearing double after a single, error and hit by pitch loaded the bases. Coe added another insurance run in the top of the ninth as Jake Brosius drew a leadoff walk and later scored on a wild pitch after making his way around the bath paths. Evan Bender spelled O'Donnell in the top of the ninth, working around a two-out walk to finish off the doubleheader sweep.
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