Baseball Spring Break Trip Days 3 & 4

The LRSC Baseball team continues their spring break trip in Arizona.

Game 5 vs. Anoka Ramsey Community College

Lake Region State College Royals watched the game slip away early and couldn't recover in a 4-2 loss to Anoka Ramsey Community College on Thursday. Anoka Ramsey Community College scored on a single by #27 in the first inning and a single by #12 in the second inning. Lake Region State College Royals got things started in the first inning. Tarick Morris drove in one when he singled. #19 earned the victory on the mound for Anoka Ramsey Community College. He went seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits and striking out seven. Blake Patterson took the loss for Lake Region State College Royals. He lasted four and a third innings, allowing nine hits and four runs while striking out nine. Lake Region State College Royals tallied five hits on the day. Morris and James Sampson-keck each had multiple hits for Lake Region State College Royals. Sampson-keck and Morris each collected two hits to lead Lake Region State College Royals. Anoka Ramsey Community College collected ten hits on the day. #9 and #27 each collected multiple hits for Anoka Ramsey Community College. Anoka Ramsey Community College didn't commit a single error in the field. #40 had seven chances in the field, the most on the team.

Game 6 vs. Anoka Ramsey Community College

Lake Region State College Royals was victorious over Anoka Ramsey Community College, 5-4 Anoka Ramsey Community College got things started in the first inning. #22 drove in two when he singled. Brock Degooyer got the win for Lake Region State College Royals. He surrendered zero runs on two hits over four and two-thirds innings, striking out six and walking zero. #11 took the loss for Anoka Ramsey Community College. He lasted two-thirds of an inning, allowing one hit and one run while striking out one and walking zero. #25 started the game for Anoka Ramsey Community College. He went seven and a third innings, allowing four runs on ten hits and striking out six Liam Sommer started the game for Lake Region State College Royals. He lasted four and a third innings, allowing five hits and four runs while striking out six Lake Region State College Royals saw the ball well today, racking up 11 hits in the game. Kyler Halverson, James Sampson-keck, Tarick Morris, and Brody Stark each managed multiple hits for Lake Region State College Royals. Stark, Morris, Sampson-keck, and Halverson each managed two hits to lead Lake Region State College Royals. Lake Region State College Royals was sure-handed in the field and didn't commit a single error. Robert Nickell had the most chances in the field with 13. Anoka Ramsey Community College collected seven hits. #12 and #22 all managed multiple hits for Anoka Ramsey Community College. #12 led Anoka Ramsey Community College with three hits in four at bats.

Game 7 vs. Douglas College

Lake Region State College Royals watched the game slip away early and couldn't recover in an 8-3 loss to Douglas College on Friday. Douglas College scored on a single by #21, an error, and a single by #10 in the second inning. In the second inning, Douglas College got their offense started. #21 drove in one when he singled. Lake Region State College Royals scored three runs in the fourth inning. Lake Region State College Royals big bats were led by Taylor Musgrave and Remy Stern, who all drove in runs. #19 was the winning pitcher for Douglas College. He lasted seven innings, allowing eight hits and three runs while striking out five and walking one. Rylie Goodwin took the loss for Lake Region State College Royals. He surrendered eight runs on eight hits over four and a third innings, striking out three. Ezra Johnson led Lake Region State College Royals with two hits in three at bats. Douglas College racked up eight hits in the game. #10 and #21 all had multiple hits for Douglas College

Game 8 vs. Eastern Arizona College

It came down to the last play, but Lake Region State College Royals was on the wrong end of a 5-4 defeat to Eastern Arizona College on Friday. The game was tied at four with Eastern Arizona College batting in the bottom of the seventh when #8 singled on a 2-0 count, scoring one run. Eastern Arizona College opened up scoring in the first inning, when #6 doubled on a 1-1 count, scoring one run. Eastern Arizona College evened things up at four in the bottom of the fourth inning. #6grounded out, scoring one run. Lake Region State College Royals scored four runs in the third inning. Lake Region State College Royals's big inning was driven by singles by Adrian Rodriguez, Brody Stark, and Tarick Morris. #21 was the winning pitcher for Eastern Arizona College. He lasted one inning, allowing zero hits and zero runs while striking out one and walking one. #11 threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen. Carson Heroux took the loss for Lake Region State College Royals. He allowed two hits and one run over two-thirds of an inning, striking out one and walking one. #13 started the game for Eastern Arizona College. He went five innings, allowing four runs on six hits, striking out two and walking one Justin Young started the game for Lake Region State College Royals. He lasted six innings, allowing nine hits and four runs while striking out one Stark, Noah Widmer, Rodriguez, Ezra Johnson, Morris, Robert Nickell, and Kyler Halverson each collected one hit to lead Lake Region State College Royals. Eastern Arizona College collected 11 hits. #6 and #9 each managed multiple hits for Eastern Arizona College. #6 went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead Eastern Arizona College in hits.

Head Coach Kyal Williams had this to say, "The last four games had a little bit of a different feel then the first four. We lacked a little energy at the start of every game and had to find a way to fight back. To our credit we were able to many of the games, bring up a big walk off win against Anoka. But could manage to get over the line in three of the games. Needed one big hit in a couple of situations and we might be talking a different story. For our first week of baseball, the effort shown by the player group and the dedication to our goal, was extremely pleasing. Our pitching and fielding were the highlight of the week, with everyone making some amazing plays and keeping us in every game. Hitting was very good, did great team at bats and brought runs across the plate. A coach couldn't be happier with what they achieved."