Red Devils end ’13 with win

FORT SCOTT — It was only a bit of salve on an otherwise tough season, but Allen Community College’s baseball team ended 2013 on a bright note.
Behind Nate Arnold’s complete-game shutout, the Red Devils edged host Fort Scott, 1-0.
The win was the only victory in the four-game series Sunday and Monday for ACC. Fort Scott won the first three games, 7-2, 13-1 and 8-0.
Allen’s only run in the finale came with a two-out rally in the top of the third. Troy Willoughby singled, stole second and scored on Arnold’s infield single.
Arnold scattered eight hits on the mound with two walks and seven strikeouts.
Willoughby, Arnold, Trey Francis and Cody Amerine had singles for Allen.

MONDAY’S opener featured a three-hit shutout by Fort Scott pitcher John Lynch. The Greyhounds chipped away at Allen starter Seth Jones before erupting for four runs in the sixth.
Jones allowed 11 hits and a walk with two strikeouts. Willoughby had two singles. Tim Lewis also singled for Allen.

FORT SCOTT opened Sunday with a seven-run second inning, tagging Red Devil starter Tanner Lee with the loss. He gave up nine hits and five walks with three strikeouts. Conor Burns pitched one hitless inning of relief.
Allen’s two runs came in the top of the seventh. Willoughby singled in Amerine. Jerrik Sigg followed with an RBI single, driving in Garrett Rasch.
Sigg went 3-for-4, while Amerine singled twice. Willoughby, Lewis and Rasch each singled once.

THE GREYHOUNDS led 2-1 in Sunday’s nightcap before scoring two in the bottom of the third, then exploding for nine in the bottom of the fifth.
Sigg’s RBI single scored Willoughby for the Red Devils’ only run.
Willoughby, Sigg, Lewis and Amerine supplied Allen’s only four hits of the contest.
Geoffrey Borque took the loss, allowing six hits in four innings with three walks. Lucas Westervelt and Logan Bausch allowed a combined two hits in relief with a strikeout.
Allen ends the season with a 10-35 record.