The MACC baseball team was swept by North Central Missouri in its last two home games of the season Saturday, 12-11 and 7-6. In the opener, the Hounds were down 3-0 going in to the home half of the first. A.J. Lucas got Moberly on the board with a two-run single, and two batters later, Owen Larrigan gave the Hounds the lead.
J.B. Connoley with the call on nemopressbox.com. Jake Stedman extended the lead in his second plate appearance of the inning.
A two-run single by Tanner Nelson in the 4th made it 10-4. 24th-ranked NCMC rallied for three in the sixth and five in the seventh to go up 12-10. Larrigan opened the bottom of the seventh with his second homer of the game, but the next three Hounds were retired for the 12-11 final.
Lucas opened the scoring in the second game.
The Pirates scored three in the third and one in the sixth to go up 6-4, before the Hounds tied it in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single by Carter Adkins and a bases-loaded walk to Stedman. Strader Richardson gave the Pirates the lead with two out in the ninth with his third run-scoring hit of the game. MACC got the tying run aboard with a leadoff walk to Grant Somrall, but the next three hitters were retired to end the game. NCMC is 30-11. MACC is 23-22, with a game at St. Louis Tuesday.
Find the games on our archive page. We have our postgame interview with Coach Chris Fletcher and the audio of the Sophomore Day ceremony below.
Coach Chris Fletcher:
Sophomore Day Ceremony:
