RODRIGUEZ, WARD AND BORGMANN SHINE SATURDAY FOR NO. 20 NORTHEAST

NORFOLK, Neb. – The No. 20 Northeast Community College baseball team returned home Saturday and hosted Southwestern Community College at Norfolk Veterans Memorial Field in Norfolk in a doubleheader. The Hawks took both contests by final scores of 5-1 and 10-0 to capture their 30th victory of the campaign.

Northeast (30-17, 17-7 ICCAC) had phenomenal starting pitching all day as Gabe Rodriguez (Thornton, Colo.) got the ball for the Hawks in Game 1 and tossed all seven innings while striking out seven Spartans batters, allowing six hits and just one earned run. Jack Borgmann (Norfolk, Neb.) blasted a homer in the bottom of the fourth inning and Carter Noakes (Dannebrog, Neb.) tallied two hits and an RBI to propel Northeast to victory.

Oliver Ward (Mill Creek, Wash.) was dominant on the hill in Game 2 for the Hawks as he did not allow a single run and recorded seven strikeouts. Borgmann blasted his second home run of the day in the second showdown and added four RBIs to continue his tear of late. Northeast has now won 30 or more ballgames in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

STAT SHEET GAME 1:

Jack Borgmann (Norfolk, Neb.): 1-3, HR, R, RBI

Carter Noakes (Dannebrog, Neb.): 2-3, 2B, RBI

Gabe Rodriguez (Thornton, Colo.): 7 IP, 6 H, ER, 5 K

STAT SHEET GAME 2:

Jack Borgmann (Norfolk, Neb.): 2-4, HR, R, 4 RBI

Cade Grevengoed (West Des Moines, Iowa): 2-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI, BB

Oliver Ward (Mill Creek, Wash.): 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 7 K

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head Baseball Coach Marcus Clapp on his pitchers and hitters putting it all together today:

"That's what we need to do," Clapp said. "I really feel like we've pitched well for the most part this year. I sound like a broken record, but when we worry about us, have approaches and throw strikes, we can play with anyone. I thought we did a good job of throwing strikes and getting ahead today. Game 1 was a little slow for a bit, but we found a way to add a run every inning and obviously Oliver threw well in Game 2. It's two games and we'll get back after it tomorrow to see what we can do."

Clapp on reaching 30 victories again this season:

"It's nice to win 30," Clapp said. "Obviously, it doesn't matter until the end of the year. It's nice to win that many and we are putting ourselves in a good spot for the conference tournament. We have to finish these last two weeks because it is going to be tough down the stretch. We have to take care of business tomorrow and then we'll go from there."

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will finish their series with Southwestern Community College at 12 p.m. tomorrow at Norfolk Veterans Memorial Baseball Field in Norfolk.

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