FAST START NOT ENOUGH FOR DRAGONS AT TEMPLE

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

TEMPLE, Texas – Blake Bradford and Will Edmunson both homered in the first two at-bats of this weekend's Texas road trip on Friday at Temple College.

The Blue Dragons weren't able to sustain the momentum on those back-to-back homers and fell to Temple College 7-2.

Now 3-2, the Blue Dragons play at Hill College on Saturday at 1 p.m. and at McLennan College at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

Bradford hit his first collegiate home run to lead off the game on Friday. Edmunson followed with his second homer of the season to give the Blue Dragons a 2-0 lead just two batters into the game. One out later, Jackson Young and Cody Gunderson both singled, but the Dragons didn't push more runs across.

From that point, the Blue Dragons had just one more hit in the game and the Temple bullpen didn't allow a hit over the final six innings.

The Blue Dragons were out-hit 14-5 by the Leopards.

Gunderson had the only multi-hit game for the Blue Dragons, going 2 for 4.

Ben Dandelet (1-1) started and worked three innings in taking the loss for Hutchinson. He allowed six hits and four earned runs while striking out six. Sam Ojeda and Jacob Hadden each worked scoreless innings in relief.

Leadoff hitter Cole Tabor led Temple, going 4 for 5 with four runs scored and three RBIs. Tabor homered in the game.