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GRCC BB vs Davenport JV - 05/09/11

Baseball

Raiders grab both games against Davenport University JV

May 9, 2011

Grand Rapids, MI—The GRCC Raiders finished out their regular season on a high note. Grand Rapids won both games of a double header against the Davenport University JV Cougars on Monday.

The first game saw the Raiders get off to a strong start. After being down by 6 runs going into the fourth inning the Cougars made a strong bid for a comeback, but pitcher Eric Musselman was able to make the save and limit them to 5 runs. Grand Rapids pitcherAnthony Alarcon was awarded the win. Kyle Orlowski and Nick Jansen both finished the game with 2 RBI’s for Grand Rapids.

The Raiders carried the momentum from the first game into the second round of the double header and were able to top the Cougars 7-6.

Grand Rapids had another strong start and was up 7-1 after the fourth inning, but Davenport hitters AJ Wentzel and Ron Sanders both had 2 RBI’s and the Cougars scored 5 times in the fifth inning. Raider’s pitcher McKinley Portice pitched the final 2 innings and was able to limit Davenport to 2 hits and no runs to make the save.

The Raiders are currently riding a four game winning streak, and now prepare to enter the post season. They will face off against the Cuyahoga CC Challengers in the first round of the NJCAA Region XII Tournament at Bailey Park at 10:30AM on Friday May 13th in Battle Creek, MI.
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