Down 5-0
early, Kansas City Kansas Community College staged two big late inning rallies
for a 12-7 victory over Brown Mackie at Community America Thursday.
The win improved the Blue Devils’
record to 21-17 heading into a pair of Jayhawk East doubleheaders at
Coffeyville Saturday and Sunday. The Blue Devils then return home to host
Longview in one 9-inning game Thursday at 1 p.m. and twin bills against
Independence Saturday and Sunday.
Coming in in relief of Landon Teal
with one out in the second and trailing 5-0, Tyler Lankford worked the final 7
2/3 innings, allowing just five hits and one earned run while striking out five
and walking two.
Zac Butler paced a 13-hit KCKCC
attach with a double and two singles while Dean Long and Jacob Woods each
singled and doubled. Long finished with three RBI while Andrew Kreiling and
Poncho Amaya contributed doubles.
Down 5-3 in the sixth, the Blue
Devils took the lead 7-5 with four runs on just two hits, a leadoff double by
Woods and a two-run single by Long, and then put the game away with a five-run
eighth inning. The uprising was highlighted by singles by Butler and Trent
Sullivan, an RBI double by Kreiling and a two-run single by Sam Laney.
