The NTCC Eagles baseball team picked up a pair of big road wins Wednesday, downing the Paris Junior College Dragons in Paris, 6-5 and 1-0. The wins helped the Eagles improve to 15-28 overall this season and 9-19 in conference play.
The Eagles broke open a scoreless game in the third inning of Game One Wednesday, scoring five runs in the frame en route to a 6-5 victory.
Consecutive singles by Mason Mantle, Hayden Martin and James Lacy loaded the bases with no outs for the Eagles in the top of the third before Matt Durst brought in the game?s first run with an RBI single. A single by Cutter Schaney scored Martin to put the Eagles up 2-0 before Lacy scored on a passed ball to push the NTCC lead to 3-0. Durst and Schaney later scored on fielder?s choice plays to put the Eagles up 5-0.
The Dragons answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning to cut the Eagle lead to 5-3 The Eagles added one more run in the top of the fourth inning and held off a late Dragon to charge to earn the victory.
Justin Schnedler earned the complete-game win for the Eagle, giving up five runs on seven hits while striking out four and walking five.
A dominant pitching performance by Tanner Allgood earned the Eagles a 1-0 win in Game Two Wednesday as he picked up a complete-game, shutout win. Allgood held the Dragons scoreless, giving up just four hits and striking out four while walking none.
The only run the Eagles would need in the contest crossed the plate in the top of the third inning as D.J. Roberts was forced home when Wesley Hoover was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
The Eagles face Navarro College in Corsicana Wednesday before closing out the season at home with a double header against Temple College Saturday starting at 1 p.m.
