Visiting Cowley County gave Allen Community College’s a rude greeting in the Red Devils’ home-opener. THE THIRD AND fourth innings did the trick for Cowley in Friday’s opener. The Tigers scored 13 in the two frames to erase a 1-0 Allen lead.
The Tigers swept past the Red Devils in convincing fashion, downing Allen 15-3 and 24-0 in Friday’s doubleheader, and 7-0 and 8-0 on Saturday.
The losses extend Allen’s losing streak to 13.
The Red Devils will host Ottawa University Wednesday for a single game and Brown Mackie on Thursday in a makeup contest before heading to Coffeyville for doubleheaders Saturday and Sunday.
Allen’s runs came on an RBI groundout by Mason Kellett, who drove in Jerrik Sigg in the bottom of the first. Sigg led off the inning with a single.
A leadoff walk to Troy Willoughby in the second led to another run. He scored on a groundout by Trey Francis.
Sigg singled with one out in the bottom of the fifth. He advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a Tim Lewis single.
Sigg and Lewis each had two hits. Cole Slusser also singled.
Geoffrey Bourque, Conor Burns, Gage Dickerson, Logan Bausch and Justin Vander Tuig shared pitching duties, giving up a combined nine hits and nine walks with four strikeouts and seven hit batsmen.
The floodgates opened in the second game Friday. Cowley scored 12 in the third to lead 15-0, two in the fourth and seven in the fifth.
The Red Devils were limited to a single by Kellett in the fourth inning.