By: Justin Hargrove, NTCC Assistant Athletic Director
Northeast Texas Community College Baseball made the trip to Corsicana after rains forced the Eagles on the road and a day later to take on the Bulldogs. Navarro’s pitching proved too much for the Eagles offense in the 11-1 loss on Friday as NTCC was limited to two hits in the game.
Mikel Howell started for NTCC and would go four innings before giving way to the bullpen. Harrison Gaienne, Lance Pena, and Tyler Jeans would all see action for the Eagles in game one of the series. Navarro was able to capitalize and take advantage of six walks and three errors with ten hits to power their way to victory over NTCC. The Eagle pitchers would combine for six strikeouts on the day.
The Eagles lone run came in the 5th inning when Alex Bruce walked, and advance to second when Keaton Russo was hit by the pitch. Cole Modgling would then walk advancing Bruce to third, and he would score when two batters later when Cody Cleveland walked as well. The Navarro pitchers were able to keep the Eagle hitters at bay, inducing six ground ball outs to go along with ten strikeouts.
Rain has also forced games two and three to be played at Navarro on Sunday. The Eagles will look to get the offense back on track and play clean in the field as they return to conference play.
