April 3, 2016
NIACC hits 11 home runs in twinbill sweep of DMACC
MASON CITY - The NIACC baseball team scored 31 runs and hit 11 home runs in Sunday's doubleheader sweep of DMACC in an ICCAC twinbill at a windy Roosevelt Stadium.
NIACC hit three home runs and received a complete-game from Dan Loats in a 13-1, six-inning win in the opener. The Trojans hit eight home runs and completed the sweep with an 18-10, seven-inning win in the nightcap.
In the first game, Spencer Halloran and Malique Ziegler hit solo home runs and Fischer Durbala hit a 3-run home run in the sixth inning as the Trojans won the game by the 10-run rule.
Robbie Glendinning became NIACC's career hit leader with 145 with a 3 for 4 performance in the opener passing Daniel Bradley, who collected 144 hits in the 2014-15 seasons.
Loats scattered six hits, struck out seven and hit one batter in six innings of work.
In the second game, the Trojans pounded out 16 hits, half of them home runs, including three from sophomore Austin LaDoux. The Trojans also received two home runs from Glendinning and one each from Ziegler, Halloran and Connor Enochs.
LaDoux drove in six runs in the second game, which matched his career high. He also drove in six runs in first game of a doubleheader against Iowa Lakes on March 21, 2015.
It was the first time in the Travis Hergert era that a player has hit three home runs in a game. LaDoux hit two home runs in a game three times in the 2015 season.
LaDoux now has 20 career home runs and is tied atop the NIACC career home run list with Anthony Alberts, who hit 20 from 2004-05.
Glendinning was 3 for 4 in the second game to increase his career hit total to 148.
NIACC and DMACC complete the four-game series in a doubleheader on Monday. The first game is set to start at 2 p.m.
NIACC 13, DMACC 1 (6)
DMACC 001 000 -- 1 6 0
NIACC 043 114 -- 13 12 5
Nick Belzer (6K, 6BB), Brendan McGuire (5) and Jose Rosa; Dan Loats (7K, 1BB, 1HBP) and Blake Whitecotton. W – Loats. L – Belzer. HR – Malique Ziegler (N), Spencer Halloran (N), Fischer Durbala (N). 2B – Mickey Leius (D) 2, Robbie Glendinning (N), Troy Bullingham (N), Brandon Michie (N). Multiple hits – Leius 3, Ziegler 2, Glendinning 3, Durbala 3. Multiple RBI – Ziegler 3, Glendinning 2, Halloran 2, Durbala 4.
NIACC 18, DMACC 10 (7)
DMACC 512 011 0 -- 10 14 2
NIACC 0(11)2 000 5 -- 18 16 0
Alexander Glick (2K, 3BB), Jack Donhue (2)(4K, 3BB, 1HBP), Cody Harmon (7)(1K, 2BB) and Sean Noel; Ty Yewman (3K, 1BB), Dusty Harrill (3)(4K, 1BB, 1HBP), Tyler Jacobsen (7)(0K, 0BB) and Blake Whitecotton. W – Harrill. L – Glick. Sv – Jacobsen. HR – Jacob Adams (D), Zac Repinski (D), Eric Weisbrod (D), Noel, Malique Ziegler (N), Connor Enochs (N), Robbie Glendinning (N) 2, Austin LaDoux (N) 3, Spencer Halloran (N). 2B – Luke Fegen (D), Nick Moffitt (D), Troy Bullingham (N) 2, Brandon Michie (N). Multiple hits – Adams 2, Michael Michalak (D) 3, Repinski 3, Noel 2, Glendinning 3, Bullingham 2, LaDoux 3, Halloran 2, Jonathan Cruz (N) 2. Multiple RBI – Adams 2, Repinski 3, Noel 3, Ziegler 3, Glendinning 3, LaDoux 6, Halloran 2, Cruz 2.
