Blue Devils baseball team opens with two wins in Florida

Published 1:51 pm Sunday, March 17, 2013

VERO BEACH, FLA. — The Riverland baseball team opened its season with a pair of win over the Ontario Blue Jays in Vero Beach, Fla. Saturday.

The Blue Devils (2-0 overall) won the opener 6-4 and they took the second game 12-2.

Kenny Perez, a freshman from Puerto Rico, went 4-for-6 with two doubles and five RBIs in his RCC debut and Chris May, a sophomore from Southland, went 3-for-6 with four RBIs.

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RCC 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 — 6 10 3

Ontario 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 — 4 8 4

RCC pitching: Ben Schaben, 5 IP, 6 H, 3 BB, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 K; Michael Osmundson, 1 H, 0 R; Hunter Deatherage (W), 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 K

RCC hitting: Chris May, 1-for-3, RBI, SB, BB; Tyler Krekling, 0-for-3, 2 R, SB, BB; Michael Knutson, 0-for-2, BB; Kenny Perez, 2-for-3, double, 2 RBIs, R, BB; Aaron Palmer, 2-for-4, double, 2 RBIs; Matt Bushbaum, 1-for-4, triple; DJ Taylor, 0-for-2, R; Adam Sellner, 1-for-2; Jason Kezman, 1-for-3, double, R; Kyle VanWettering, 1-for-3, R, SB

Ontario 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 — 2 3 4

RCC 2 0 0 6 3 1 X — 12 9 3

RCC hitting: Krekling, 1-for-2, RBI, BB; 3 R, HBP; Sellner, 1-for-3, 2 RBIs, R, BB; Perez, 2-for-3, double, 3 RBIs, R; Palmer, 1-for-3, R, BB; Bushbaum, 1-for-3, R; VanWettering, 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 2R; Jonathan Jones, 0-for-2, R, 2 BBs; May, 2-for-3, 3 RBIs, 2 R, SB