Blue Devils sweep Bethany College JV
Published 6:11 pm Thursday, March 20, 2014
The Riverland Community College baseball team swept Bethany College JV of West Virginia by scores of 15-0 and 6-5 in Vero Beach, Fla. Thursday.
The Blue Devils (7-3 overall) scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to this the second game and they won it when Matt Bushbaum, who is from Osage, Iowa, came through with a no-out, bases loaded, walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh.
Ruben Correa, af freshman from Orlando, Fla., had another big day as he finished 4-for-7.
“Ruben is swinging an unbelievable bat for us in that lead-off spot. We’re finding some gems down here,” RCC head coach Scott Koenigs said.
RCC 15, Bethany 0
RCC pitching: Cody Schact (W, 2-0), 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R 7 K, Mitch Akerman,1 IP, 1 K , 1 K Jordan Johnson, 1 IP, 1 BB, 1 H, 0R, 2 K
RCC hitting: Ruben Corea, 2-for-3, R; Jonathan Jones, 1-for-2, double, R; Brock Rude, 3-for-4, RBI, 3 R; Clay Fonfera, 1-for-3, RBI, 2 R; Kenny Perez, 2-for-4, 2 R, double, 3 RBIs; Zachary Nelson, 2-for-3, R, 3 RBI; Mirangelo Muller, 2-for-3, double, RBI; Matt Bushbaum, 1-for-2, R, RBI; Melvin De Lat Torre, 1-for-3, BB
RCC 6, Bethany 5
RCC pitching: Muller, 6 IP, 6 H, 1 BB, 5 R, 4 ER, 7 K, 2 HBP; Sam Roosen (W), 1 IP, 1 BB, 1 H, 0 R 1 HBP
RCC hitting: Corea, 2-for-4, R, double; Sellner, 2-for-3, R, double, RBI; Perez, 1-for-4, RBI; Rileyson Liberia, 2-for-3, 2 R, double; Bushbaum, 2-for-3, double, 2 RBIs; Rude, 1-for-3