Pirates Baseball is on an eight game winning streak after sweeping this weekend's home series against visiting Dakota County Technical College. Final scores Saturday were 6-4 & 11-10 with Sunday scores of 10-8 & 7-1. NCMC's overall record sits at 23-16 with 7 regular season games remaining.
Pirates pitchers Keven Franco (6-1) and Jay Greco (6-2) each picked up wins this weekend to tie alum Nolberto Rondon for the single season wins record. Franco struck out 10 in yet another dominating performance for the sophomore. Greco also added a save to his stat line, his 3rd of the year. Twirling a gem in game four was Dylan Niemeyer, going 7 innings allowing just 1 run in his complete game victory.
Offensively, Genesis Nunez had a huge weekend. He went 8-15 with 7 runs and 8 RBIs. Nunez also came up clutch for the Pirates on two occasions. He hit the go ahead 2-run homerun in game one, proving to be the difference. It was a walk-off 3-run HR in game three to give the Pirates the victory.
Sophomore Braedyn Brewer also shined at the plate going 6-13 with a pair of home runs plus 6 runs scored. His season batting average is up to .377.
The Pirates administration and coaching staff honored 17 sophomore members of the team between games. Their commitment to NCMC baseball and the outstanding example they set on campus is to be commended.
Sophomore players who have made commitments to four-year school baseball programs for Fall 2021 include:
Braedyn Brewer, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville: NCAA DI
Keven Franco, Jackson State University: NCAA DI
Braxton Pennington, Southwestern Oklahoma State University: NCAA DII
Jurden d'Arnault, Erskine College: NCAA DII
Albert Gonzalez, Tuskegee University: NCAA DII
Tanner Sears, Central Methodist University: NAIA
Koby Linder, Missouri Valley College: NAIA
NCMC, winners in 13 of their last 15 games, will look to continue those winning ways Wednesday when they host Southeast CC. The single 9-inning game will close out the home slate for the Pirates.
