NELSON, ESCOBAR, JOHNSON LEAD MCPHERSON

By William

MCPHERSON – The McPherson Bulldogs improved to 4-0 on the young season after they swept a Saturday doubleheader from visiting Dakota State, winning game one 11-0 before coming from behind to nip Dakota State in game two 5-4.

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS:

Bulldogs Alex Escobar pitched a complete game one-hit shutout while striking out five.

Noah Nelson and Trevor Johnson each knocked in three runs on two hits with Nelson recording a double and Johnson pounding out a home run.

The Bulldogs put up five runs in the third and three in fourth to put the game away while hammering out nine hits in the process. Only eight of the 11 runs were earned due to a pair of errors by Dakota State.

Dakota State at MCPHERSON BULLDOGS = GAME 1

SCORING:     1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 = = R – H – E

DSU                0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – x – x = = 0 – 1 – 2   

BULLDOGS   1 – 2 – 5 – 3 – 0 – 0 – X – x – x = = 11 – 9 – 0

TEAM STATS:           AB – R – H – RBI – SB – 2B – 3B – HR – BB – SO

Dakota State            22 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 5

BULLDOGS                27 – 11 – 9 – 9 – 1 – 2- 0 – 1 – 4 – 10

Dakota State Pitching:

6.0 IP – 9 H – 11 R – 8 ER – 4 BB – 10 SO

MCPHERSON BULLDOGS INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS:

PITCHING:                 IP – H – R – ER – BB – SO

Alex Escobar            7.0 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 5

BATTING:                  AB – R – H – RBI – SB – 2B – 3B – HR – BB

Kris Perez                  3 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0

Jonah Nelson           3 – 2 – 2 – 3 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 1  

Trevor Johnson       2 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 0  

Kyle Lux                     3 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0

Malik Bond               4 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0  

James Canar             1 – 1 – 0 – 1 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 2  

G. Ramirez                1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0

Tyler Wood              4 – 1 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0  

Jake Pearson            2 – 3 – 1 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 1  

Hunter Hughes        1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0

Johan Shabra           1 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0  

Sammy Grim            2 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0  

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS:

Zach Reynolds got credit for the win in relief of starter Blake Maddock while Darby Gilbert came on in relief and earned a save.

Noah Nelson once again was able to drive in three runs on just two hits thanks to a home run.

The Bulldogs did not record a single error in either game.

Dakota State at MCPHERSON BULLDOGS = GAME 2

SCORING:     1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 = = R – H – E  

DSU                2 – 0 – 2 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – x – x = = 4 – 7 – 2   

BULLDOGS    0 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 4 – 0 – X – x – x = = 11 – 9 – 0

TEAM STATS:           AB – R – H – RBI – SB – 2B – 3B – HR – BB – SO

Dakota State            25 – 4 – 7 – 4 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 2 – 2 – 7

BULLDOGS                20 – 5 – 6 – 5 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 2 – 4 – 7

Dakota State Pitching:

6.0 IP – 6 H – 5 R – 5 ER – 4 BB – 7 SO

MCPHERSON BULLDOGS INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS:

PITCHING:                IP – H – R – ER – BB – SO

Blake Maddock       4.0 – 4 – 4 – 4 – 1 – 6       

Zach Reynolds (W) 2.0 – 2 – 0 – 0 – 0 -0         

Darby Gilbert (S)     1.0 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 1       

BATTING:                  AB – R – H – RBI – SB – 2B – 3B – HR – BB      

Kris Perez                  1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0

Hunter Robinson    1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0  

Noah Nelson            3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 0  

Trevor Johnson       3 – 1 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0

Kyle Lux                     3 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 0

Jake Pearson            3 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 0

Tyler Wood              1 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0

Tyler Carrasco         3 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0

Sammy Grim            2 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 1

DJ Lewis                    0 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 1

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