JD Warhawk baseball sweeps Hibbing, evens record to 9-9

Published 8:10 am Monday, March 16, 2009

By Staff
From staff reports
The Jefferson Davis Community College baseball team evened their record at 9-9 Tuesday with their fourth straight win.
JDCC defeated Hibbing Community College 10-0 in game one of a doubleheader at Warhawk field in Brewton and then defeated Hibbing 10-0 in the second game of the double header.
JDCC had 18 combined hits in the two games and held Hibbing to only four combined hits.
Game one: JDCC 10, Hibbing 0
JDCC scored three runs in the second and fourth innings and on four in the third inning to cruise to a 10-0 win in game one of the doubleheader and improve to 8-9 overall.
Blake Long was 2-for-3 for the Warhawks in the win with a triple and three RBIs to lead JDCC in the win.
Harry Haring was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Ben Negus was 2-for-2 with one RBI.
Reid Wynn was 1-for-2 and Sean Little was 1-for-1 with two RBIs and C.J. Lindsey had one RBI in the win for the Warhawks.
Shane Ikner picked up the win on the mound for the Warhawks.
Ikner went four innings and allowed two hits and walked one and struck out four.
David Dean pitched in relief of Ikner and went one inning and allowed one hits and struck out one.
Game two: JDCC 10, Hibbing 0
In game two against Hibbing, JDCC scored 10 runs over a span of the first four innings and allowed just one hit as they improved to 9-9 overall with the 10-0 win.
JDCC scored three runs in the first inning, four in the second, one in the third inning and two in the fourth to claim the win.
Josh Benton picked up the win on the mound. Benton along with Kyle Wyatt and Ryne Phillips allowed only one hit on the mound.
Benton went two innings and allowed one hit and one strikeout. Wyatt struck out one in one inning and Phillips struck out one in two innings.
Cody Turner was 1-for-2 at the plate with a homerun and Hunter Norris was 3-for-3 with a triple.
Negus was 2-for-3 with one RBI and Ben Blodgett was 1-for-2 with two RBIs.
Terry McClain was 2-for-3 with a triple and one RBI and Little was 1-for-2.
Taylor Register and Long both added an RBI each in the win.