Centerville, IA – The Indian Hills Baseball squad swept Southwestern Community College in an Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at Pat Daugherty Field. The Warriors move to 24-19 overall on the year and 8-6 in league play.
The Warriors took both ends of Wednesday's twinbill over the Spartans, 7-3 and 10-0. The sweep pushed the Warriors overall season record against Southwestern to 7-1. The Warriors have now won 34 of their last 35 matchups vs. Southwestern.
Indian Hills erased a 3-1 deficit late in the ballgame in the opener to upend the Spartans. The Warriors scored six unanswered runs thanks to a five-run sixth inning to secure the opening victory. Sophomore Boris Rodriguez (San Sebastain, Puerto Rico/ESCAED) sparked the offense with a run-scoring double in the sixth before Daniel Balderas-Lujan (Boulder, CO/Boulder) delivered a run-scoring base hit for the go-ahead run.
Callum Donnelly (Bulli, Australia/New Mexico JC) added an RBI single in the sixth while Charles Margulis (Boulder, CO/Boulder) capped the scoring on a two out RBI base hit.
Freshman Maverick Scarpella (Thornton, CO/Broomfield) went the distance for the Warriors, scattering five hits with three earned runs allowed while striking out six batters.
Seven different Warriors tallied a hit in the win, led by a pair from freshman Gage Perri (Andrews, TX/TCS Post Grad).
The Warriors struck early and often in game two, building a 6-0 lead through the first three frames. Dryden Pidlisny (Medicine Hat, Alberta/South Central) delivered an RBI single up the middle in the second while JD Moffett (Omaha, NE/Millard West) added a run-scoring single in the third. Moffett put the game out of reach in the seventh with a two-run double down the left field line to push the lead to 8-0. Indian Hills took advantage of a rocky Spartan pitching staff with a pair of run-scoring walks in the seventh to finish off the run-rule shortened affair.
Donnelly and Moffett combined for four hits and five RBI in the win.
Sophomore Yuan-Kai Chang (Taipei, Taiwan/Taipei Dai) went the distance on the mound in game two for the Warriors, scattering five hits without allowing a run. Chang struck out five batters to move to 7-4 on the year.
The Warriors will head to Council Bluffs, IA on Thursday for the regular season finale against No. 8 ranked Iowa Western Community College. First pitch is set for 1:00 PM.
NEW YEAR - WHAT TO KNOW
Fans can keep up the Indian Hills Baseball squad all year long through a number of ways:
- X (formerly Twitter): @IHCCBaseball | @IHCCAthletics
- Facebook: Indian Hills Baseball | Indian Hills Athletics
- Instagram: @IHCCBaseball | @IHCCAthletics
- Youtube: Indian Hills Athletics
- Website: www.indianhillsathletics.com
- Catch up with the history of Indian Hills Baseball with the official Indian Hills Baseball Record Book
- All home games are played at the Pat Daugherty Field on the Indian Hills Centerville campus.
- Admission is free of charge for all home contests.
HOW TO WATCH
As always, GoHillsTV provides free live broadcasts of all Indian Hills Baseball home and postseason games. Fans can tune in a number of ways all season long:
- GoHillsTV App: Download the Iowa Media Network app on your android or ios device and navigate to the GoHillsTV section
- Website: https://www.iowamedianetwork.com/gohillstv to catch all live and archived information
- Roku Streaming Device: Have a Roku TV or streaming stick? Download the GoHillsTV app to start streaming today!
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