Delta Sweeps Double Header

Winter Haven, Florida – The Delta College baseball team opened the portion of their Florida schedule by sweeping Mesabi Range Community College (Minnesota) on Sunday by the scores of 11-4 and 14-0.  The wins up the Pioneers to 4-0 on the season.

Game one saw Ethan Lesperance toe the rubber for DC and throw a complete game, striking out 11 batters and surrendering three earned runs.  Z Westley had a big day at the plate offensively as he hit a pair of two-run homeruns and scored three times.  Justin Heinlein also went deep for Delta and had a run scoring double while Ty Robbins picked up three hits.

In the second game, Delta plated five runs in the first and second innings before picking up another three in the third to stake themselves to a huge lead.  On the day, DC scored in 11 of the 13 innings played.  Tyler Kirkwood collected the win on the bump, striking out nine and limiting Mesabi Range to just two hits.

Offensively, Grant Slomkowski and Dean Marais each collected triples while Jeff Wright had a three run homerun. In all, the Pioneers picked up 11 hits while drawing nine walks.  They committed just one error defensively.

"We played two, pretty complete games today," said sixth year coach Danny Smith.  "Our pitching was phenomenal, our offense was explosive and defensively we didn't shoot ourselves in the foot."

Delta plays again tomorrow against Lincoln Community College (Illinois) in a double-header.  Game time is scheduled for 9am at the Chain of Lakes Complex in Winter Haven, Florida.