Rainy River Community College lost its final four baseball games when it closed out its trip to Florida last weekend.

In Saturday’s doubleheader against Waubonsee Community College of Illinois, the Voyageurs lost the opening game, 11-4.

Josh McInnes took the loss on the mound pitching 1 2/3 innings, giving up 6 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks. Giovanni Rivera came in the game in relief for 3 2/3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits with 3 strikeouts and 3 walks. Pedro Cepeda pitched the final 2 innings giving up 3 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks.  

Bryn Redhead led RRCC at the plate going 3-4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI. Ty Paddock went 2-4 with an RBI. Riley Acra, Dominic Casareto and Pedro Cepeda each had a hit in the game.

 

Waubonsee 8, RRCC 3

The Voyageurs lost game two of the doubleheader against Waubonsee, 8-3.

Chandler Ticknor took the loss on the mound pitching a complete game giving up 8 runs. However, he only allowed 1 earned run on 9 hits with 5 strikeouts and 2 walks.  

Riley Acra went 4-4 at the plate with 2 runs scored. Bryn Redhead batted 2-2 with an RBI. Reece Lanier had a hit with an RBI. Max Gonzalez collected a hit and Jamall Hudson had an RBI.  

St. Lawrence 7, RRCC 2

In Sunday’s first game against St. Lawrence  of Quebec, RRCC lost, 7-2.  

Reece Lanier recorded the loss pitching for the Voyageurs after giving up 7 runs, 5 earned, and 9 hits. He also had a strikeout, 7 walks and hit two batters with a pitch.  

Angel Hernandez Jr. went 2-3 with a triple and a run scored. Josh McInnes, Bryn Redhead and Ty Paddock each had a hit in the game.

Oakton 14, RRCC 0

The Voyageurs lost Sunday’s final game to a Division 2 school, Oakton Community College of Illinois, 14-0.

Max Gonzalez took the loss on the mound for RRCC going 5 2/3 innings giving up 14 runs, but only 6 earned, on 12 hits with 2 strikeouts, 4 walks and 1 hit by pitch.  

Josh McInnes came in for relief pitching 1/3 of an inning, not allowing a run on a hit and a walk.  

At the plate, Ty Paddock went 2-3 with a double. Riley Acra had a hit and a stolen base. Chandler Ticknor also recorded a hit.

“In the last four games we have given our opponent way too many opportunities by giving them free passes on base (through walks, hit by pitch and errors) and that leads to too many runs,” said RRCC head coach Josh Koenig. “We also had some injuries this weekend that also hampered us going into our games, but that is no excuse for the way that we played.

“I hope that we have learned a lot about ourselves as a team this week during spring training. If we can use these experiences and knowledge gained from them, we will have a lot of success this season.”

The Voyageurs are currently 2-6 overall. Their next action will be this coming Sunday when they travel to St. Cloud to take on Northland Community College and St. Cloud Technical and Community College.