It was a wild Sunday at Cleveland Field on Sunday between Western Nebraska Community College and Trinidad State Junior College. The two teams combined for 45 runs and 54 hits as the two teams split a doubleheader.Trinidad raced to a 9-2 lead and then held on for the 12-8 first game victory. The second game saw the Trojans vault to a 10-3 lead and then saw the Cougars score 10 straight runs to grab the 13-12 win.
The second game saw some big hits, but none were bigger then JC Perez' 2-run bomb in the third inning and then Eneldis Vazquez' 3-run shot in the fifth to bring the Cougars back to grab a 12-11 lead.
WNCC added another run in the sixth as Gilbert Gonzalez walked and scored for the 2-run lead. Trinidad came back and scored one run in the seventh and the tying and winning runs at the corners before WNCC's closer Dan Bauer shut the door on the Trojan oomeback earning a split of the two games.
Several players had multiple hits for the Cougars. Vazquez led the way with a 3-for-4 day including a home run and three runs scored and four RBIs. Perez was also 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBIs. Also, Daniel Martinez was 2-for-4 with two singles, two runs scored and a walk and Travis Lindhorst was 2-for-4 with two singles and an RBI.
Lindhorst also had a huge game in the first game. The Gering graduate went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a single. Lindhorst also had three runs scored and two RBIs. Also for the Cougars in the first game, Chris Hook had a big fourth-inning 2-run double; Perez was 3-for-5 with three singles, and Martinez was 2-for-3 with two doubles, one RBI, one run scored and two walks.
The Cougars will be back in action Wednesday when they host McCook Community College in a 2:30 start at Cleveland Field. WNCC now stands 18-17 on the year and still holds the lead in the Empire Conference with a 11-5 record over Lamar Community College and Northeastern Junior College.
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