Blue Devil baseball team splits with Western Tech on Sunday
Apr. 19— The Riverland Community College baseball team split a pair of games with Western Tech when they won 6-1 and lost the nightcap 14-7 in La Crosse, Wis. Sunday.
Carson Gehrke had a homer in the second game for the Blue Devils (26-11 overall) and Kahlil Fernandez allowed just one run in seven innings to win the first game. RCC 6, Western Tech 1 RCC pitching: Kahlil Fernandez (W) 7 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 2 K RCC hitting: Raul Martinez, 0-for-3, R, BB; Peyton Ransom, 0-for-4, R; Carson Gehrke, 0-for-3, BB; Ben Helfer, 1-for-3, double, RBI, R; Hideki Ohirta, 1-for-2, R, BB; Roland Figueroa, 0-for-2, BB; Christiaan Koehler, 2-for-3, R; Ethan Doll, 1-for-2, RBI, R, BB Western Tech 14, RCC 7 RCC pitching: Ransom 3 2/3 IP, 8 H, 4 BB, 7 R, 4 ER, 1 K; Justin Joriman (L) 2 1/3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 K; Blake Hershberger, 1/3 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 6 ER; Travis Kirtz, 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 K RCC hitting: Martinez, 2-for-2, 2 RBIs, R, 2 BBs; Ransom, 2-for-3, R; Gehrke, 1-for-4, HR, 3 RBIs, R; Hefler, 0-for-2, 2 BBs; Austin Swenson, 1-for-3, 2 R, BB; Figueroa, 1-for-4, RBI; Mott, 1-for-4, R; Koehler, 1-for-4, double, RBI, R