Lions Clinch First DAC Series in 14-13 Win at North Lake

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IRVING, Texas – Dallas College Mountain View's baseball team notched its first Dallas Athletic Conference series win of the season, hanging on to beat host Dallas College North Lake, 14-13, Friday in the first game of a doubleheader.

North Lake won the nightcap, 10-0.

The Lions (13-25, 3-18 DAC) scored eight runs in the top of the ninth, and then held off a two-out rally by the Blazers (19-25, 9-12) to win the series. Mountain View blanked North Lake, 4-0, in the series opener Wednesday at home.

Trailing 10-6 in their last at-bat, the Lions used a bases-loaded walk by Tyler Harvey, Aiden Flores was hit by a pitch on the next at-bat, a two-RBI single by Rene Garcia and Ian Bower's RBI single to left to take an 11-10 lead. Huston Cornish ripped a two-run single to the right side, and Lane Vicknair's sacrifice fly to right scored another run as the Lions built a four-run lead.

North Lake cut it to 14-12 on Jacob Binder's two-out homer to left field. Eric De Anda doubled up the middle to pull the Blazers within a run one batter later. After Reece Parrott walked and Lincoln Skinner was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Lions closer Sloane Reves got a groundout to third base to end the game.

Greg Willis was 3-for-6 with a home run and three RBI. Garcia was 2-for-4 with two RBI. Vicknair doubled and stole a base. Bower went 2-for-4 with an RBI.

North Lake's Michael Riberich had three hits, Skinner had two, as did Robert Farr, Noah Angus and Binder, who homered twice and drove in six runs.

Mountain View had 12 hits, and drew nine walks. North Lake finished with 15 hits and seven free passes. Both teams drove in 11 runs.

Brennan Babineaux (3-0) got the win in relief, allowing three base runners on a hit and two walks, without surrendering a run in two innings. He had two strikeouts. Reves was credited with a hold, pitching the final inning, while allowing three runs, two earned, on two hits and two walks. He struck out one.

Mountain View will begin a three-game series at Dallas College Cedar Valley 12 p.m. Wednesday. The Lions host the Suns in the final two games of the series next Friday and Saturday.