The Western Nebraska Community College baseball team split conference games with Otero Junior College on Sunday, winning 6-5 in nine innings and then falling 6-3.
In the opener, the Cougars mounted a seventh-inning rally to force extra innings. Down by four runs 5-1, the team exploded from the plate as Rudy Soto launched a 2-run home run and then Norbert Susini and Rich Miller each had doubles to force extra innings.
WNCC had opportunities to win the game in the eighth inning as Greg Crowe opened the inning with an hit. WNCC proceeded to load the bases before Otero worked out of the jam.
The Cougars finally won the game in the ninth in thrilling fashion. Chris Hook started things by drawing a walk. a hits-batsman and a walk later, the Cougars found themselves with the bases loaded once again with two outs. This time, WNCC scored the winning run on a fielding error where the Otero third baseman lost a routine fly ball and let the ball drop as Hook raced in with the winning run.
In the second game, Otero exploded for five runs in the top of the first inning before WNCC came back to slice the lead to 5-3 with three runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. The score stayed that way until late when Otero scratched across another run to get the win.
Both teams will be back on the diamond Monday at 1 p.m. for another doubleheader.
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