April 12, 2022, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Down six runs in the sixth inning, the Grand Rapids Community College baseball team almost came all the way back, eventually falling 9-8 to Lansing Community College in extra innings on Tuesday.
GRCC also dropped the second game of the doubleheader, 9-5.
GRCC was down 8-2 when it came to bat in the sixth inning, but pushed across four runs in the bottom of the frame, led by Camden Keatley, Joe Hoeks, and Ryan Dykstra, who each had RBIs in the inning.
The team then tied the game on the bottom of the seventh inning, forcing extra innings. Lansing eventually posted a run in the top of the tenth inning to claim the win.
Eliott Traver took the loss despite pitching well. He went three and a third innings, allowing one run on one hit, striking out five and walking one.
Xander Reisbig went three-for-five at the plate to lead GRCC in hits.
GRCC lost the second game late, with the teams tied at three entering the fifth inning. But Lansing posted four runs in the fifth and added two more in the seventh. GRCC added two more runs, but could not close the gap.
The Raiders scored three runs came in the third inning on singles by Jacob Gumieny and Caleb Engelsman and a groundout by Dykstra.
Riley Hawkins took the loss, surrendered five runs on six hits over four innings, striking out three.
Reisbig, Engelsman, and Gumieny each had two hits.
GRCC Is 13-17 on the season, with its next game scheduled for 2 p.m. against Kellogg Community College on April 15.
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