NORTHEAST COMPLETES SWEEP BEHIND DOMINANCE FROM INGRAM

ALVA, Okla. – The Northeast Community College baseball team was again in Alva, Oklahoma Tuesday for their second battle in as many days with Northwestern Oklahoma St. University JV. The Hawks took the contest by a final score of 9-1.

The Hawks (11-5) were led on the mound by another dominant performance from Gage Ingram (LaVista, Neb.), as the Northeast starter went four innings and allowed only one hit in the form of a single during his outing. Ingram has only given up two earned runs in 22 innings of work so far this season.

Scoring was slow on both sides of the duel until Northeast broke the game open in the top of the fourth inning. Jackson Horn (Papillion, Neb.) walked to push across a run, Grayson Headrick (Littleton, Colo.) singled to bring in another, Taylor Gill (Orem, Utah) singled on a fly ball that scored two more and then Harrison Taubert (Casper, Wyo.) hit a hard ground ball that allowed two others to score on an error.

The six-run advantage that the Hawks gained in the fourth inning was plenty of comfort for Northeast the rest of the way as they capped off a perfect road trip in which they won three different games.

STAT SHEET:

Taylor Gill (Orem, Utah): 2-5, 3 RBI, R, BB

Cade Grevengoed (West Des Moines, Iowa): 1-3, 2 R, RBI, BB

Gage Ingram (LaVista, Neb.) 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 5 K

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head baseball coach Marcus Clapp on what has contributed to Gage Ingram's red-hot start to the season:

"Gage has been throwing the ball well," Clapp said. "He has been able to locate his pitches and has been getting ahead of hitters!"

Clapp on where he evaluates his team after the first 16 games of the season:

"We've done some really good things so far, but we still need to continue to work on being more consistent," Clapp said. "I really like this team and I like the direction that we are going. We just have to keep competing and growing."

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will have their home opener next as they will host Mount Marty University JV in a doubleheader starting at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Veterans Memorial Baseball Field in Norfolk.

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