Mount Mercy splits with Graceland
STERLING, Kan. - Mount Mercy scored twice in the top of the seventh inning Sunday to snap a 2-2 tie and defeat Graceland, 4-2, in the second game of a doubleheader in Sterling, Kan.
Graceland won the first game, 11-3.
Cody Williams scored two runs for the Mustangs in the victory. Devin Holmes, Cody Bell and Jimmy Lizarraga had RBIs. Evan Boddicker pitched the first 4 1/3 innings and allowed only one run. Brett Malsam pitched the final 1 2/3 innings in relief and got the victory.
Holmes had two hits for Mount Mercy in the first game. The split left the Mustangs with a 5-7 record.
GAME 1
GRACELAND (11): Salas, ss, 4 0 1 1, Figueroa, 2b, 1 2 0 0, Abbott, 2b, 2 0 0 0, Redhead, 1b, 3 2 1 0, Holland, c, 3 0 2 3, Frazier, cr, 0 3 0 0, Allen, cf, 2 2 2 2, Hernandez, 3b, 1 0 0 1, Froloff, dh, 3 0 1 1, Cuckovich, lf, 2 1 0 0, Hudson, ph, 0 0 0 0, Reynolds, rf, 2 0 0 0, Nowell, ph, 1 1 1 1, Harper, p, 0 0 0 0, Middleton, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 24 11 8 9.
MOUNT MERCY (3): Williams, cf, 3 0 0 0, Daugherty, ph, 0 1 0 0, Holmes, ss, 3 0 2 0, Baida, ph, 1 0 1 1, Czerwiec, 2b, 3 0 0 0, Dahm, ph, 0 0 0 1, Haney, 1b, 2 0 0 0, Warwick, ph, 1 0 0 1, Bell, lf, 3 0 0 0, Eberly, ph, 1 0 0 0, Knox, rf, 1 0 0 0, Barrett, ph, 0 0 0 0, Henke, dh, 4 0 1 0, Badillo, c, 2 0 0 0, Jourdan, ph, 1 1 0 0, Darichuk, 3b, 3 1 1 0, Lloyd, p, 0 0 0 0, Holmes, p, 0 0 0 0, Paz, p, 0 0 0 0, Larson, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 28 3 5 3.
Graceland 300 341 0 - 11 8 2
Mount Mercy 000 003 0 - 3 5 6
Harper, Middleton (6) and Holland. Lloyd, Holmes (4), Paz (5), Larson (7) and Badillo. W - Harper. L - Lloyd. 3B - Holland.
GAME 2
MOUNT MERCY (4): Williams, cf, 2 2 1 0, Holmes, ss, 2 1 0 1, Czerwiez, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Haney, 1b, 3 0 0 0, Bell, lf, 3 1 1 1, Knox, rf, 3 0 0 0, Henke, dh, 3 0 0 0, Lizarraga, c, 3 0 1 1, Dahm, 2b, 2 0 1 0, Daugherty, ph, 1 0 0 0, Boddicker, p, 0 0 0 0, Flaherty, p, 0 0 0 0, Malsam, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 25 4 5 3.
GRACELAND (2): Salas, ss, 3 1 2 1, Figueroa, 2b, 2 0 0 0, Redhead, 1b, 4 0 1 1, Nowell, dh, 4 0 1 0, Allen, cf, 3 0 0 0, Goff, 3b, 2 0 1 0, Frazier, pr, 0 1 0 0, Solis, c, 3 0 0 0, Abbott, pr, 0 0 0 0, Froloff, ph, 1 0 0 0, Hudson, lf, 2 0 0 0, Holland, ph, 1 0 0 0, Reynolds, rf, 2 0 1 0, Hernandez, ph, 0 0 0 0, Gutierrez, p, 0 0 0 0, McGuire, p, 0 0 0 0, Montanez, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 27 2 6 2.
Mount Mercy 010 010 2 - 4 5 1
Graceland 100 001 0 - 2 6 2
Boddicker, Flaherty (5), Malsam (6) and Lizarraga. Gutierrez, McGuire (7), Montanez (7) and Solis. W - Malsam. L - Gutierrez. 2B - Williams, Salas.
