WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Ridgewater College baseball team opened the season Friday with a pair of losses to Kirkwood Community College at Chain of Lakes Field.
Kirkwood beat the Warriors 2-1 and 10-0 in five innings.
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The Eagles, who have an 8-6 record and are from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, are an NJCAA Division II program.
In Game 1, Andrew Carroll (2-1) struck out 16, walked one and allowed three hits and one earned run for the Eagles. Jayce Olthoff, Riley Dikken and Kael Nelson had hits for Ridgewater, Olthoff, a freshman center fielder from Dassel-Cokato, doubled. Dikken is a sophomore first baseman from Redwood Valley. Nelson is a freshman third baseman from Hutchinson.
Dominic Rose, a freshman right-hander from Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, went five innings for the Warriors, allowing five hits and two earned runs. He struck out two and walked six. Drew Almich, a freshman right-hander from Yellow Medicine East, tossed two scoreless innings for Ridgewater, allowing one hit.
In Game 2, Boede Rahe (2-0) tossed a five-inning one-hitter, striking out 10 with no walks. Ridgewater pitchers, meanwhile, issued 10 walks. Olthoff had the Warriors’ lone hit. He also stole a base.
Ridgewater plays a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday against North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton in Winter Haven as part of the RussMatt Invitational.
Kirkwood 10, Ridgewater 0
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Hitting – Ridgewater: Jace Olthoff 1-2 SB, Max Athmann 0-1 SB … Kirkwood: Nathan Motl 1-2 r-2 rbi bb-2 hr, Landon Frost 0-0 r-2 bb-3, Addison Binnie 1-3 r-2 bb, Cal Sullivan 2-4 rbi-3 3b, Clayton Campidilli 1-2 r bb, Alex Altmann 0-0 r bb-3, Adam Kayko 0-2 r rbi, Ty Andrews 1-2 rbi-2, Matt Stoltenberg 0-2 rbi sf, Lane Spieker 0-0 r
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Ridgewater: Brock Davis (L, 0-1) 1-4-8-8-5-1, Blake Siegle 2-0-0-0-2-2, Ben Heuer 1.1-2-2-2-3 … Kirkwood: Boede Rahe (W, 2-0) 5-1-0-0-0-10
Kirkwood 2, Ridgewater 1
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Hitting – Kirkwood: Landon Frost 1-2 r bb-2, Addison Binnie 2-4, Cal Sullivan 0-3 bb, Clayton Campidilli 0-2 rbi bb sf, Jaxon Schumacher 0-2 r bb, Matt Stoltenberg 0-2 bb, Blake Lundholm 2-3 rbi, Lane Spieker 1-2 … Ridgewater: Jayce Olthoff 1-4 rbi 2b, Riley Dikken 1-3, Sergio Fernandez 0-2 bb, Brady Perleberg 0-1 r sac, Kael Nelson 1-1
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Kirkwood: Andrew Carroll (W, 2-1) 7-3-1-1-1-16 … Ridgewater: Dominic Rose (L, 0-2) 5-5-2-2-6-2, Drew Almich 2-1-0-0-0-0
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