PRATT, Kan. – The Pratt Community College Baseball team recorded yet another walk-off win, their seventh of the season, this time against No. 20 Hutchinson Community College on Saturday at Stanion Field. The Beavers honored their 17 sophomores between games after Hutchinson took game one, 20-8, in six innings, and then Pratt rallied for another walk-off win, 4-3, in game two.

 

Game One: Hutchinson CC 20, Pratt CC 8 (6 innings)

 

Hutchinson CC (40-12, 22-6) scored 11 runs over the first four innings to open an 11-6 lead in the opening game.

 

Pratt CC (13-35, 5-23) recorded a run in the first inning on an RBI double by Colby Gomez, a passed ball scored Ronald Woods in the second and Eli Patrick hit a solo home run in the third. The Beavers plated three in the fourth when Carter Allen hit a double to drive in two and on the play, the throw got away from the center fielder to score the third run of the inning via an error to leave the Blue Dragons holding the 11-6 advantage after four.

 

Hutchinson CC put the game out of reach with a nine-run sixth inning for the 20-6 lead. The Beavers scored two in the home half of the inning with Owen Schmidt driving in an RBI single and Allen on a fielder's choice RBI to provide the final score of 20-8 in six innings.

 

Hutchinson CC held the 18-9 edge in hits, with Schmidt and Tyler Jeffries leading the Beavers with two hits. Allen had three RBI.

 

On the mound, Cayden Sowden took the loss (1-2), allowing nine earned runs in three innings. Laken Kelley, Hunter Mitchell and Vincent Bouchard all pitched an inning in relief.

 

Game Two: Pratt CC 4, Hutchinson CC 3 (9 innings)

 

Game two featured a pitcher's duel with Brayden Henry and Ian Vandepol. Henry ended up tossing seven innings for the Blue Dragons and allowed just one earned run on six hits, along with seven strikeouts. Vandepol went the first four innings, allowing no runs on two hits and had four strikeouts.

 

The game was scoreless into the fourth inning with Gunner Hewitt launching a 1-0 pitch for a solo home run and the 1-0 lead for Pratt CC.

 

It stayed that way into the seventh inning when a bases clearing double with two outs pushed Hutchinson CC to the 3-1 lead.

 

That set the stage for another walk-off victory.

 

In the ninth inning, Allen got things started with a solo home run on a 2-1 pitch to trim the deficit to one. Following an out, Eli Patrick walked on four pitches. Ronald Woods had the at-bat of the inning. With the count 2-2, Woods ended up fouling off five of the next six pitches before he doubled to right-center to put runners at second and third. Following a pitching change, Landon Cochran wasted no time unloading on the first pitch he saw, hitting a walk-off two-run double into the right field corner to give the Beavers the 4-3 victory.

 

Pratt CC held the 9-3 edge in hits with Hewitt, Woods and Cochran all recording two hits apiece. Cochran had two RBI.

 

On the mound, outside of the strong start by Vandepol, Jackson Feggi went 2.2 innings and allowed three earned runs. Josh Morelli got the win (2-6) tossing the final 2.1 innings, as he didn't allow a run or a hit and added two strikeouts.

 

Pratt CC will close out the regular season with a four-game series against Butler Community College starting with a home doubleheader this Thursday at 1 p.m. at Stanion Field.