PELLA, Iowa – The Coe College baseball team completed a series sweep at Central College Saturday afternoon, defeating the host Dutch 16-0 in seven innings. The Kohawks racked up 14 hits on the day and backed up another excellent starting pitching effort, this time from senior
Caden Richards who earned his third win of the year with six scoreless innings. Coe got things started in the third inning with a double steal and followed with seven in the fourth as
Eli Eslbecker, Mitchell Eckardt, Jon Wille, Jake Brosius and
Tyce Johnson recorded RBI to break the game open. Coe had another explosive inning in the top of the sixth, scoring eight runs on six hits as
Ryan Brosius, Eckardt, Wille,
Jack Allison and
Will Hosch picked up RBI to polish off the scoring.
Nolan Schroeder took the mound in the bottom of the seventh for Coe and held the shutout, marking Coe's sixth of the season and second of the series.
COE 16 - CENTRAL 0
Game Facts
- A pair of hitters reached in the third to set the table for Coe, who took the lead later in the frame on a double steal with Jake Brosius and Eckardt who scored for the 1-0 lead. Elsbecker started the scoring in the fourth, driving home Ryan Thoreson with an RBI for 2-0. Wille and Brosius then made it 6-0 in back-to-back at-bats, reaching on a fielder's choice and a one-run single as Coe led 6-0 with one out. Tyce Johnson broke it open later with a clutch two-out single, making it 8-0 before the middle of the fourth. Coe's offense struck again in the sixth, scoring eight more times on six hits and an error. THe Kohawks first run scored on an error before a bases-loaded walk from Ryan Brosius made it 10-0. The Kohawks piled on in the next few at-bats, getting an RBI single from Eckardt, a sacrifice fly from Wille and two-straight run-scoring singles from Jake Brosius and Allison. Hosch finished off the scoring with two down, doubling home a pair of runs to make it 16-0.
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