Indians take two of three from Gordon

The Chipola Indians improved their record to 13-11 this weekend by taking two of three games from Gordon College at Chipola Field.

By Dustin Kent
Published: March 07, 2010

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The Chipola Indians improved their record to 13-11 this weekend by taking two of three games from Gordon College at Chipola Field.

The Indians dropped their first game with Gordon 5-4 on Friday, then bounced back with wins of 3-2 and 16-3 on Saturday to win the series.

On Friday, it was a five-run third inning that paved the way for Gordon’s victory, with Kelly Williams’ grand slam doing the primary damage.

CJ Riefenhauser gave up the homer, and took the loss for Chipola.

The Indians scored a run in the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth innings to trim the lead to one.

But Chipola went quietly in the final three innings.

Jonathan Gilbert was 2-for-4 with two RBI for the Indians in the loss.

On Saturday, Chipola got a solid start from Garrett Baker, who went 4 1/3 innings and allowed only one run on three hits and six strikeouts.

However, Baker had to settle for a no-decision, with Duncan Midkiff pitching two scoreless innings of one-hit ball in relief for the win.

The Indians got the go-ahead run in the sixth inning when Cody Martin tripled and scored on a ground ball by Andy Fermin.

Chipola scored its first run in the first inning on an RBI sacrifice fly by Eric Sauls to score Blake Newalu.

Sauls brought Newalu to the plate again in the third inning with an RBI single to left field.

In the second game Saturday, the Indians used an 11-run fourth inning to take a 5-inning victory.
Newalu, Sauls, and Fermin each had two-RBI hits in the inning. Levon Washington had a pair of RBI singles in the inning.

Chipola also scored four runs in the third inning on an RBI double by Martin, an RBI single by Sauls, a sacrifice fly by Michael Revell, and an error that allowed Saul to score.

CC opens league play Monday against PJC in Pensacola.