Nighthawks Baseball Splits With Roadrunners

The National Park College (NPC) Nighthawk baseball team split its series with State Fair Community College (Sedalia, MO) Sunday, winning the first game with a 3-2 walk-off, while dropping the nightcap, 7-6.

Catcher Mason Sellers throwing the ballTrailing, 2-0, in the fourth inning of the first game, an RBI double from freshman designated hitter Nathan Kirkpatrick (Sheridan) knocked in Mason Sellers (Genoa Central) for the first Nighthawk run of the game.

NPC (4-4) evened the game in the sixth inning on a solo home run from freshman third baseman Jesus Minjarez (Hot Springs Lakeside)—his fourth of the year.

With the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning, a defensive error by the Roadrunners plated freshman Panama Mendez (Miami Beach, FL) as the winning run for NPC.

Kirkpatrick batted 2-3 for the day with two doubles and an RBI. Minjarez finished 1-4 with a solo home run, while freshman pitcher Kenley Anderson (Horatio) picked up the win with one strikeout in two innings of work.

Down, 2-0, in the third inning of the second game, NPC plated runs in the third and fourth innings to tie the game. In the fifth inning, however, a three-run Roadrunner home run padded the lead for State Fair Community College. The Nighthawks answered back with their third run of the game in the bottom of the fifth inning to cut the deficit to 5-3.

After the Roadrunners added two more runs in the sixth inning, freshman center fielder Demias Jimerson (Malvern) delivered his first home run of the season—a three-run blast to center field—to bring the game within one run, 7-6, in the sixth inning. In the seventh inning, however, tight Roadrunner pitching retired the side, ending the comeback.

Jimerson went 2-4 for the game with a home run and 3 RBI. Mendez and freshman Kade Stuart (Lonoke) batted .500 for the game, while Sellers finished 1-4 with aDemias Jimerson waiting to steal a base. home run and two RBI. Freshman pitcher Bradley Bearden (Ashdown) picked up the loss with six earned runs in 5.67 innings of work.

Nighthawks baseball plays host to Crowley’s Ridge College Tuesday, Feb. 18 for a double header beginning at 12 p.m. Nighthawks softball plays host to Eastern Oklahoma State College Wednesday, Feb. 19 for a double header beginning at 3:00 p.m.

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