No. 13 NIACC baseball team remains perfect
By The Globe Gazette staff
OMAHA, Neb. — Dan Loats pitched a gem Saturday as No. 13 NIACC topped Midland University 7-1 to improve to 6-0.
Loats, a sophomore, struck out a season-high eight, walked one and allowed three hits in five innings to earn the win for the Trojans.
"He was really sharp," NIACC coach Travis Hergert said of his ace, who improved to 2-0. "He was really just pounding the strike zone and putting pitches in good locations."
In Loats' two outings this season, he has 15 strikeouts and four walks with a 2.00 earned run average.
Troy Bullingham led NIACC at the plate with three singles and two RBIs while Connor Enochs drove in a pair of runs as well. Spencer Halloran and Austin LaDoux singled and doubled and Robbie Glendinning added a double.
"We're just trying to get back out there and get back in the groove," Hergert, whose team was coming off a 12-day layoff, said.
NIACC plays at Midland again today in a doubleheader, which starts at 1 p.m.
Notes: Loats has a career record of 6-5 ... Loats has 71 career strikeouts (tied for 10th on school's career strikeout list) in 74 2/3 innings pitched ... Glendinning has 121 career hits (tied for 6th on school's career list) ... Glendinning has 28 career doubles (tied for 5th on school's career list) ... Glendinning has scored 87 runs (11th on school's career list) ... Glendinning has 285 career at-bats (15th on school's career list) ... Bullingham has 67 career RBIs (13th on school's career list) ... Jonathan Cruz has 52 career walks (9th on school's career list) ... Halloran has 15 career doubles ... Halloran has scored 76 runs (14th on school's career list).
NIACC 7, MIDLAND 1
NIACC 050 010 1 – 7 11 0
Midland 000 000 1 – 1 5 1
Dan Loats (8K, 1BB), Noah Egger (6) (0K, 0BB), Tyler Jacobsen (1K, 0BB) and Blake Wthiecotton. W – Loats (2-0). 2B – Spencer Halloran (N) (2), Robbie Glendinning (N) (2), Austin LaDoux (N) (3). Multiple hits – Troy Bullingham (N) 3, LaDoux 2, Halloran 2. Multiple RBIs – Connor Enochs (N) 2, Bullingham (N) 2.
