Hosting Wichita East in the final non-conference doubleheader of the regular season, the T-Birds got back in the win column with a pair of wins over the largest school in Kansas.
In game one, the Panthers won 11-1.
The Panther offense took advantage of Blue Ace mistakes. Boone Richard, Drake Blochlinger, and Ayden Krier got on base due to walks and errors, with the first two scoring to give the Panthers a quick 2-0 lead. With the defense keeping the Blue Aces off the board, the Panthers expanded their lead with a Chane Parker score in the fourth, and seven runs in the fifth. East scored its sole run in the top of the fifth on Panther mistakes to make it a 10-1 game. Krier scored his second run of the game in the sixth inning as the Panthers won by mercy rule, 11-1.
Seven of the 10 Panthers scored in the game.
Boone Richard earned his second win of the season, and pitched a complete game, with two hits allowed, one walk, and two hit by pitches with four strikeouts.
Richard, Blochlinger, Krier, and Parker each had two runs scored on a combined four hits and three walks.
Kale Schroeder, Rush LeDuc, and Koehn Williams each had one run scored
In game two, the Panthers won 4-1.
After two scoreless innings, Concordia got on the board with Williams taking advantage of East errors and scoring on a Blochlinger double, which also brought in Richard, to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead. The Blue Aces shut down the Panthers in the fourth and fifth innings and would pick up a run in the top of the sixth to make it a 2-1 Panther lead. In the bottom of the sixth, Parker Jackson and Schroeder scored to give the Panthers a 4-1 lead. With three strikeouts by Krier in the top of the seventh, the Panthers took game two.
Krier earned his third win of the season, pitching a complete game with one run allowed on four hits, no walks, with 12 strikeouts.
Richard, Schroeder, Jackson, and Williams all scored one run, as the Panthers only tallied four hits, but had two walks and two hit by pitches.
In a home doubleheader against Chapman, the Panthers lost the series to the Irish.
In game one, the Panthers fell 7-2.
Chapman scored first in the top of the first inning on three hits to take a 1-0 lead. The Irish also scored one run in the third and two runs in the fourth to take a 3-0 lead. The Panthers finally got on the board in the bottom of the fourth, scoring two runs, thanks to four hits. Chapman scored two more runs in the sixth to take a 6-2 lead, before scoring one last run in the top of the seventh to take game one.
Chane Parker started on the mound, with four runs allowed on four hits with nine strikeouts and two walks.
The Panthers had seven hits to Chapman’s 11 hits.
In game two, the Panthers lost 8-6.
The Panthers struck first in the bottom of the first inning, with Drake Blochlinger getting hit by a pitch. Stealing second, a passed ball, and a wild pitch allowed him to score. In the second inning, Chane Parker scored on two walks, a stolen base, and an error to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead. Chapman tied the game with two runs scored in the top of the third inning. The Panthers countered with two runs of their own. In the bottom of the third, Ayden Krier and Parker Jackson took advantage of walks and errors to keep the lead at two.
In the fourth inning, the Irish took control of the game, scoring five runs, including four runs before the Panthers recorded an out. Concordia would score one run in the bottom of the inning to make it a 5-7 game. After a three-up-three-down fifth inning for both teams, both teams would pick up a run in the sixth inning. Getting two runners on base and the game winner at the plate, Blochlinger would get caught stealing on a double steal, and two outs would end the game.
