Baseball: Alexandria College sweeps CLC-Brainerd in Friday doubleheader

The Alexandria Technical and Community College baseball team got the bats going in Friday’s doubleheader on the road against the Central Lakes College-Brainerd Raiders. The Legends won game one of the doubleheader 12-6 and game two 16-8.

Alexandria College was tied with CLC-Brainerd at six through two innings of game one, but outscored CLC-Brainerd 6-0 in the final five innings to get the win.

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Devin Gutierrez and Jonah DeJong led the Legends offensively in game one on Friday. Gutierrez, a Corpus Christi, Texas, native, went 3-for-3 at the plate, scored four times, and had two RBIs, while DeJong, a Fargo, North Dakota, native, went 3-for-3 at the plate, scoring twice and knocking in five runs.

Wadena, Minnesota, native Connor Davis went 3-for-4 at the plate and scored four times for Alexandria College.

Davis went 4-for-4 at the plate in game two, hitting two doubles, scoring twice, and knocking in two runs.

Alexandria College (18-8) hosts CLC-Brainerd (1-15) in a Saturday doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. at Knute Nelson Memorial Park.

Alexandria College – 4 2 0 2 0 4 0 – 12 14 4

CLC-Brainerd – 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 – 6 8 0

ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – Cooper Dack – 2 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO; Zach Anderson – W – 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO

ALEXANDRIA OFFENSE – Josmer Ortiz Aponte – 1/5, 3B, R; Connor Davis – 3/4, 3B, 4 R, BB; Devin Gutierrez – 3/3, 2B, 4 R, 2 RBI, BB; Gabriel Cabrera – 0/4; Jonah DeJong – 3/3, 2B, 2 R, 5 RBI; Caden Evers – 2/4, R, 2 RBI; Isaac Hamann – 2/3, 2 RBI, BB; Parker Schulz – 0/3, BB; Steve Heber – 0/2, RBI, 2 BB

Alexandria College – 0 3 1 5 1 2 4 – 16 20 3

CLC-Brainerd – 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 – 8 10 7

ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – Cullen Posch – 3 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO; Steve Heber – W – 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO; Blake Melsa – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO

ALEXANDRIA OFFENSE – Cooper Dack – 1/6, R, RBI; Josmer Ortiz Aponte – 2/5, 2 RBI; Devin Gutierrez – 3/5, 3B 2 R; Connor Davis – 4/4, 2 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB; Jonah DeJong – 1/4, R, RBI, SB; Gabriel Cabrera – 1/3, 3 R, 2 BB; Isaac Hamann – 3/4, 4 R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 SB; Jack Majerus – 2/4, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 4 RBI; Hunter Brodina – 3/5, R, RBI

Sam Stuve covers a variety of sports in the Douglas County area. He also is assigned to do some news stories as well.

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