BASEBALL: Chaps split DH at WTC
The Midland College baseball team split a doubleheader at Western Texas College on Saturday, winning 13-3 before losing 8-4 in the finale.
Staff Report
Midland Reporter-Telegram
SNYDER, TEXAS - The Midland College baseball team split a doubleheader at Western Texas College on Saturday, winning 13-3 before losing 8-4 in the finale.
With the split, the Chaparrals (34-16, 20-8 in Western Junior College Athletic Conference) won the series, 3-1, and will go into the final weekend of the regular season in good position to win a league title.
The Chaps used an eight-run fifth inning and had 15 hits in the five-inning, run-rule victory in the first game.
Six of the nine Chaps in the lineup had multiple hits, led by Roman Thompson, who was 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored. Chris Garcia was 2-for-2 with a double, two RBI and three runs scored; Garrett Williams had two hits, two RBI and two runs scored; Rhett Clark was 2-for-3 with a double, walk and two RBI; Michael Weidner was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored; Tyler Wulfert had two hits with an RBI and two runs scored; and Gibrian Pena and Hudson Parker each drove in two runs.
Luis Rodriguez got the win after he allowed three runs on eight hits, one walk and had three strikeouts over five innings.
Western Texas (29-18, 18-10) had a 5-0 lead for most of the game before the Chaps rallied with four runs in the seventh and ninth innings to cut it to 5-4. But the Westerners put the game away with three runs in the bottom of the eighth.
WTC starter Reese Weaks did a good job of holding down a potent MC offense that had been averaging 13 runs a game in the series.
Aaron Oropeza led the Chaps by going 3-for-4 with three RBI from the No. 9 hole. Thompson had a double and a solo home run; while Clark had a double and a run scored.
Michael Lindsey took the loss for MC.
The Chaps will close out the regular season with a trip to El Paso Community College, beginning with a doubleheader at 1 p.m. CDT Friday.