NIACC stays alive with 6-2 win
FORT DODGE - The NIACC baseball team stayed alive in the NJCAA Region 11 tournament with a 6-2 10-inning victory over Northeast CC Thursday night at Harlan Rogers Park.
NIACC's Alex Matchey drove in Trey Stocker with the go-ahead run with single in the 10th inning and Darcy Barry drove in three runs with a triple off the right-field wall to give the Trojans a four-run lead.
The extra-inning win by the Trojans was their first extra inning contest in the regional tournament since they topped Iowa Central 9-6 in 10 innings in the 2015 regional tournament.
The four-run 10th inning made a winner of out of Mason Stroh (3-1), who allowed one run on three hits in 3/1 innings of work with six strikeouts and two walks.
NIACC's John Skoro pitched a scoreless 10th inning to move the Trojans into Friday night's elimination game at 6 p.m. The Trojans (24-31) face either Southeastern, Iowa Central or DMACC in the elimination contest.
If top-seed Kirkwood tops fifth-seed DMACC Friday afternoon, the sixth-seed Trojans face the Bears. If DMACC upsets the Eagles, the Trojans face the Southeastern/Iowa Central loser.
In Thursday night's extra-inning victory, Barry drove in a career-high five runs for the Trojans. Barry hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning and then broke the game open with his bases clearing triple in the 10th frame.
Fourth-seed Northeast CC took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and that lead held up until Barry put the Trojans in front with his two-run home run in the seventh inning.
Northeast CC, however, tied the contest at 2-2 with a single run in its half of the seventh inning.
The game remained scoreless until the 10th inning when the Trojans pushed across their four runs.
NJCAA Region 11 tournament
(At Harlan Rogers Park, Fort Dodge)
Thursday's results
Game 1 - DMACC 10, Northeast CC 2
Game 2 - Iowa Central 8, NIACC 5
Game 3 - NIACC 6, Northeast CC 2 (10)
Friday's games
Game 4 - 11 a.m. - (2) Southeastern vs. (3) Iowa Central
Game 5 - 2:30 p.m. - (1) Kirkwood vs. (5) DMACC
Game 6 - 6 p.m. - NIACC vs. Game 4/5 loser (Lower seed of the Game 4/5 losers will play in Game 6)
Saturday's games
Game 7 - 11 a.m. - Winner Game 6 vs. Game 4/5 loser (Higher seed of the Game 4/5 losers will play in Game 7)
Game 8 - 2:30 p.m. - Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner
Game 9 - 6 p.m. - Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8
Sunday's games
Game 10 - 11 a.m. - Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9
Game 11 - 2:30 p.m. - If necessary game.
