COOLIDGE, Ariz. -- Western Nebraska Community College baseball team has always played well during their Spring Break trip in years past, and after Tuesday’s thrashing of Neosho County Community College, head coach Mike Jones is starting to see rewards from his team.
The Cougars pounded out 19 hits in the 17-5 win over Neosho County in their fourth day on a seven-day trip through Arizona.
“This is usually when we make a lot of progress in the season,” Jones said. “We played an excellent ball game today. It is nice to see us play this way Neosho is a good team. But we have a tough game [Wednesday] against Yavapai, who is leading their conference.”
WNCC, however, put on an impressive show throughout the lineup in the win. Jones said the second inning, when they plated five runs, was huge as a number of guys came up with big hits. Before that, Neosho held a 1-0 after one inning.
The second inning ignited WNCC as the Cougars scored two times in the third and then had five runs in the fifth to open up a 12-5 lead.
Leading the team offensively was Alex Mueller with a 4-for-5 day, including two runs scored, two RBIs and two doubles. Carlos Garcia also had a big game, collecting a double, triple, five RBIs and one run scored on a 3-for-4 day. Garcia’s triple was huge as it was a two-out bases loaded hit that widened the Cougar lead.
Also collecting multiple hits for the Cougars were Norbert Susini with a 3-for-5 day, including a triple and four runs scored; Rich Miller with a 3-for-6 day, including two runs scored; and David Monteagudo with a 2-for-3 day.
Victor Rubio picked up the win on the mound, going six innings, strking out three and allowing 10 hits.
The Cougars will be back in action Wednesday when they face Yavapai College in a make-up game from Sunday, which was snowed out.
Neosho 101 030 000 -- 5 13 3
WNCC 052 050 23x -- 17 18 1
WP -- Rubio; 2B -- Mueller 2, Garcia, Dustin Javins; 3B -- Susini, Garcia.
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