’Hounds sweep Ottawa JV

OTTAWA — Fort Scott Community College’s baseball team swept the Ottawa University junior varsity here Monday by scores of 9-0 and 11-0.

With the sweep, the Greyhounds improved to 21-3 on the season, the fastest the Tribune has in its records (since 1998) that Fort Scott has reached 20 wins. Last year’s team got its 20th victory in its 25th game and the 2016 team got win No. 25 in game 26.

There’s only one other season on record in which Fort Scott baseball has recorded its 20th victory before playing its 30th game, 2007.

The ’Hounds scored 6 runs in the top of the third inning of game one. Quinn Waterbury’s 3-run home run was among those tallies, all of which came with 2 out.

Waterbury, Mitch McAllister, Sean Moore and Hampton Hall each had 2 hits for Fort Scott. Waterbury and Morrow each drove in 3 runs and Aris Nakagawa drove in 2.

Shane Scott (2-0) allowed 3 hits and one walk over the first 6 innings while striking out 5. Tanner Lane struck out 2 in his one inning of work.

Fort Scott scored twice in the top of the first inning in game two. Alexei Cazarin led off the game with a single to right. McAllister was hit by a pitch. Collin Fraley singled on a line drive to load the bases for Morrow. He drove in Cazarin with a sacrifice fly. McAllister advanced to third on the play and scored on the back end of a double steal.

The ’Hounds added one in the fourth when Fraley’s groundout scored Hall, who had doubled with one out.

Cazarin was 3 for 3 at the plate with 2 RBI. Hall went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI. Morrow drove in 3 runs.

Michael Barnes (4-2) allowed 3 hits and a walk over the first 6 innings, while striking out 2. Closer Kobie Schmitt finished up with one strike out in the seventh.

Fort Scott hosts Highland in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon.

Game One

Ottawa JV.......................... 000 000 0 — 0 3 0

WP —Scott (2-0). LP — n/a.

HR — Fort Scott: Waterbury (5, 4th inn., 2 on, 2 out).

Game Two

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WP — Barnes (4-2). LP —n/a.

HR — None.