Mavs pick up road sweep at Pratt

PRATT, Kansas --The NOC Mavericks completed a four game sweep of Pratt Monday afternoon winning 8-5 (9 innings) and 11-9.

The win improved the Mavs record to 14-1 on the year.

NOC battled back from an early 3-0 deficit taking a 5-3 lead into the 7th before Pratt rallied to tie the game at 5-5 forcing extra innings.

The Mavs then countered with three in the 9th to win 8-5.

In the 9th, Gabe Griffith singled home Dominick Trevino giving NOC a 6-5 lead.  Tanner Long's single then scored Eric Gutierrez and the Mavs led 7-5.  Michael Murphy's single then scored Griffith and NOC led 8-5.

Tyler Kisner (1-0) pitched two innings of one hit relief to earn the win out the Mavs bullpen.  Korde Busby was the starter for the Mavs allowing three earned runs in four innings.

In Game 2, the Mavs used three hits and four rbi's from Joey Pena in a 9-7 win over Pratt.

Dominick Trevino added two hits and three rbi's while Chris Cloud added a double, two rbi's and three runs scored.  Cale Francis added three runs scored while Kristopher Perez scored twice.

Keegan Collett started for the Mavs with bullpen help from Dylan McDonald, Britt Brown, Zac Brown, and Albert Baez.

NOC had beaten Pratt twice on Sunday in Ponca City.

Game 1

              123 456 789—R   H    E

NOC        000 301 103—8   14   2

Pratt       300 000 200—5   10   5

NOC—Busby, Brown (5), Sawyer (6), Baez (6), Long (7), Kisner (8) and Harper.  2B—Harper, Trevino.  SB—Griffin.  W—Kisner (1-0).

Game 2

             123 456 7—R  H  E

NOC      124 400 0—11  8  6

Pratt     231 030 0-- 9   9  0

NOC—Collet, McDonald (2), B. Brown (4), Z. Brown (5), Baez (6) and Harper.  2B—Cloud, Pena.  W—McDonald (1-0)  Save—Baez (1).