The Jackson County Central baseball team got two complete game pitching performances as the Huskies swept Pipestone in a Big South Conference Small School Division baseball doubleheader at A’s Field in Pipestone Thursday.
Grant Freking was the winner as JCC won the opener 6-1 and Trey Rossow pitched the Huskies to a 9-2 win in the nightcap.
Freking allowed four hits and struck out three in the first game.
Ben Gallagher had two hits and drove in a pair of runs and Ben Spaeth scored twice for Jackson County Central.
In the second game, Rossow gave up three hits and fanned five.
Gallagher had three hits and scored two runs. Bryson Powers collected two hits and scored three times. Noah Thompson also scored two runs.
JCC is 5-6 overall and 4-2 in conference play, tied for second place with Redwood Valley, one game behind Windom. The Arrows are 4-5 and 1-4.
The Huskies have a pair of road games scheduled next week. visiting St. James Area Tuesday and Redwood Valley Thursday.
JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL BASEBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Thurs., April 4: Fairmont, L 7-5 (8 innings)
Fri., April 5: Worthington, L 9-2
Tues., April 9: at Maple River, W 9-5
Thurs., April 11: Redwood Valley, W 2-1 (9 innings)
Sat., April 13: Hayfield at Gustavus, L 7-6
Sat., April 13: Springfield at Gustavus, L 10-9
Thurs., April 18: Blue Earth Area, W 19-2 (5 innings)
Thurs., April 18: Blue Earth Area, L 6-4
Tues., April 23: at Luverne, L 10-7
Thurs., April 25: at Pipestone, W 6-1
Thurs., April 25: at Pipestone, W 9-2
Tues., April 30: at St. James Area, 5:30 p.m.
Thurs., May 2: at Redwood Valley, 5:30 p.m.
Tues., May 7: Luverne, 5:30 p.m.
Thurs., May 9: at Windom, 5:30 p.m.
Fri., May 10: Windom, 5:30 p.m.
Sat., May 11: at United South Central, 6 p.m.
Tues., May 14: St. James Area, 5:30 p.m.
Fri., May 17: Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial, 5:30 p.m.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Baseball standings
Small School Division
Windom 5-1
Jackson County Central 4-2
Redwood Valley 2-1
Luverne 1-2
St. James Area 1-3
Blue Earth Area 1-4
Pipestone 1-4
Conference games only
Large School Division
Fairmont 3-0
St. Peter 3-1
New Ulm 3-2
Marshall 2-1
Worthington 0-3
Waseca 0-4
Conference games only