The Coffeyville Red Ravens split its season series with Allen County after going 1-1 again on Saturday.

 

Coffeyville had its offense clicking early in the first contest. In the bottom of the 1st, Austin Gonzales crushed a ball to right field that brought leadoff hitter Orlando Gonzalez around for an early 1-0 lead. Austin Gonzales would pick up another RBI on a groundout in the 3rd inning, but unfortunately, Coffeyville’s offensive production would come to a halt past that point.  Meanwhile, Allen County finally started to get things going themselves. A fielder’s choice put 1 on the board in the 5^th, and the Red Devils tied things up in what could have been the game-deciding top of the 7^th with an RBI double for Nate Bach.

 

The game headed into extra innings, but only the 8^th inning was needed. Allen County’s Christian Altamirano, the ninth hitter in the lineup, hit another RBI double to give the Red Devils the go-ahead, and eventually, game-winning run. The Ravens dropped the first contest, 3-2. Christopher Spry pitched another complete game for Coffeyville but took the loss. Allen County’s Brett Buchanan also went the full 8 innings, getting the win.

 

The second contest of the day saw Coffeyville struggle to get anything going against Red Devils ace Josh Fluet. After giving up a run in the top of the 1^st, Coffeyville themselves were able to at least plate a run in the bottom half on what proved to be a rather controversial interference call. However, the Allen County starter largely befuddled the Red Ravens hitters, striking out 9 in just over 5 innings of work.

 

After walking 2 in the 6^th, Fluet was pulled for a fresh arm, and Coffeyville took advantage. Jackson Mannix sent a fly ball out to deep right field that brought home the go-ahead runner from 3^rd, and the Ravens would pull off a double steal that sent another across. Scoring 2 runs proved to be just enough for Coffeyville, as the Red Devils brought the game back to 1 after a sacrifice fly of their own brought a runner home. Coffeyville reliever Jayden Quarles would settle down enough, however, to finish things off and give the Red Ravens the 3-2 win.

 

The Red Ravens are now 20-17 on the season. They’ll take a step back from conference play today, taking on the Oklahoma Wesleyan Junior Varsity.