By: Justin Hargrove Assistant Athletic Director
The Northeast Texas Community College Eagles baseball team (9-17 season, 4-9 conference) traveled to Corsicana for a conference battle against the Navarro College Bulldogs Thursday (18-12 season, 10-3 conference). The game was tied at two with Navarro batting in the bottom of the seventh when their Stacey Bailey tripled on a 3-2 count, scoring two runs.
The Eagles got on the board in the second inning when an error scored two runs for NTCC. The Bulldogs evened things up at two in the bottom of the sixth inning. Zion Mayberry's sac fly scored one run for Navarro.
Austin Faith led the Bulldogs to victory on the hill. He went seven innings, allowing two runs on four hits and striking out nine. Tanner Riley threw two innings in relief out of the bullpen. Riley recorded the last six outs to earn the save for Navarro.
Jordan Martinez started the game for the Eagles. Martinez lasted five and a third innings, allowing four hits and two runs while striking out four. Hayden Shaddox took the loss for Northeast Texas Community College, Shaddox lasted one and two-thirds innings, allowing three hits and three runs. Offensively John Michael Russ led NTCC with two hits in four at bats.
NTCC will return home for games two and three against Navarro at 1:00pm on Saturday.
