WNCC lost in the bottom of the seventh inning 2-1 in the opener, and then lost a heart-pounding 10-inning 2-1 contest in the nightcap.
"These were some tough losses. We got real good pitching," WNCC coach Mike Jones said. "Both starters, Rodil and Julio were good. The bullpen was good. it was just that we made some baserunning mistakes and we swung at some bad pitches. Those really cost us."
WNCC struck first in the opener, scoring a single run in the second inning as Nelson Quintero unleashed a 2-out single and scored on a single by Jared Baros.
Pratt tied the game with a single run in the fourth inning and then scored the winning run on a wild pitch with the bases loaded.
JC Morales took the loss for the Cougars after a outstanding outing by Rodil Martines. Martinez went five innings, scattering four hits and striking out three. John Bravard threw a strong sixth inning striking out two.
WNCC managed just three hits in the first game. The Cougars also had three hits in the second game as well as the Cougars struck first, scoring a run in the third inning as Caleb Patton scored from third base on a double play play.
Pratt tied the game in the sixth inning. WNCC came back and had runners in scoring position in the eight and 10th innings, but couldn't get the clutch hit to score the go-ahead run. In the Cougar's eighth, Patton led off with a double but pinch runner Kevin Sanford was left stranded at third.
In the 10th inning, Jared Baros was hit by a pitch. Quintero then walked. Both runners, however were stranded with three straight outs. Pratt then won the game on an one out single to left field.
"in the second game we had quite a few chances where we had guys in scoring position at second base and we just couldn't get that base hit that we needed," Jones said. "in a way it was better today [then Wednesday]. We had some good defense and we showed up ready to play. We just have a long ways to go as an offensive team. We need to start having better at bats and getting some hits. We are just not hitting the ball well enough."
David Castle took the loss in the game after some gutsy pitching performances from starter Julio Davila and relievers SIdney Jones, Carlos Luzon and Jake Stutzman. Davila started the game, going five hitless innings. Davilo struck out eight but walked five batters.
WNCC managed just three hits in the game from Patton, Oscar Rodrigues and Josh Parker.
The Cougars, 0-8, will have over a week off before they return to action Feb. 27-28 when they host Miles Community College at Cleveland Field.
"We have some time where we can get back to work, have some quality practices. Hopefully we will get a chance to play at home next weekend," he said. "Our offense has to get a lot better. We having bad at bats and we are struggling in hitting the breaking ball. we have a long ways to go offensively, but we have experience. We have a lot of sophomores that had a lot of at bats for us last year. I think it is only a matter of time until we get in some kind of rhythm and start putting up some runs."
Game One
WNCC 010 000 0 -- 1 3 0
Pratt 000 100 1 -- 2 5 0
LP -- JC Morales; 2B -- Elvis Garcia.
Game Two
WNCC (0-8) 001 000 000 0 -- 1 3 0
Pratt 000 001 000 1 -- 2 3 3
LP -- David Castle; 2B -- Caleb Patton.
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