MCC Frosh toss shutouts in sweep over Rangers

ALVA, Okla. – The McCook Community College baseball team got back-to-back complete-game shutouts from a pair of freshmen to lead the Indians to a Wednesday sweep over Northwestern Oklahoma State JV. MCC won 6-0 and 11-0.

Freshman Aviv Bobrov (Shekhanya, Israel) pitched a complete-game shutout in Game 1 with 11 strikeouts and the Indians played errorless ball behind him. MCC put up two runs in the first and second innings and added one each in the third and seventh innings.

In Game 2 the Indians offense erupted for nine runs in the third inning to break up a scoreless game and freshman starter Landon Molloy (Parker, Colo.) pitched a one-hit five-inning shutout.

“Pitching was the name of the game for us today. We got two great performances from Aviv and Molloy, they backed up their starts from last week too,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen. “We also did a great job of defending the field, didn’t have an error all day and made some really tough plays too.”

MCC improves to 9-11. The team will wrap up their three-day road trip Thursday in Oklahoma City with a game against Southwestern Oklahoma Christian JV.

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GAME 1 – McCook 6, Northwestern Ok. St. JV 0: With two outs in the first, freshman Dalton Berg (Frederick, Colo.) singled and sophomore Cory Wouters (sophomore Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) followed with a two-run home run to give MCC a 2-0 edge.

Freshman Tyler Reyburn (Frederick, Colo.) delivered an RBI-single in the second and Landon McKillip (freshman, Lamoni, Iowa) singled home Reyburn to put MCC up 4-0. Berg reached base with two outs in the third and scored on an RBI-single from sophomore Maddox Shaver (Belleville, Ontario) to make it a 5-0 score.

The Indians kept the 5-0 lead until the seventh when McKillip singled and scored on a two-out triple by freshman Carter Smith (Ottawa, Canada).

“Offensively we just kind of kept chipping away with some swings all game, Dalton and Carter had couple big swings,” said Olsen.

Aviv Bobrov (Shekhanya, Israel) went the distance on the mound pitching a five-hit shutout, allowing five singles, two walks and he struck out 11 Rangers.

MCC had 10 hits with two each by Wouters, Shaver, Reyburn and McKillip.

GAME 2 – McCook 11, Northwestern Ok. St. JV 0: In the third inning, MCC sent 13 men to the plate and scored nine times. Landon McKillip and Nathan Hutchison (sophomore, Riverton, Wyo.) led off the inning with singles and Carter Smith doubled in the first run. A passed ball scored the second run, and a Ranger error made it 3-0. A second Ranger error set up Maddox Shaver for a two-run single to put MCC up 5-0. After two outs, McKillip got his second hit of the inning, his RBI made it 6-0. Hutchison singled and two run scored on an error in the outfield. Smith drove home Hutchison with a single to put MCC up 9-0.

The Indians added two more runs in the fifth with a leadoff walk by Tyler Reyburn, a single by Joshua Joseph (Poplar Grove, Ill.), a Northwestern error and a steal of home by Joseph.

MCC had 10 hits in the game with two each from Hutchison, Smith and McKillip.

Malloy picked up the five-inning win on the mound allowing just one base runner – a second inning single. He struck out two hitters.