Rangers split twinbill with Grayson

Joshua Comeaux and Andrew Perez went yard in Game 1 and helped power Ranger College to a split of their doubleheader with Grayson College on Wednesday in Denison.

Comeaux helped RC get off to a hot start. He blasted a 1-2 pitch off the wall in left in the top of the first inning and staked the Rangers to a 1-0 lead.

Grayson aided RC's efforts moments later. The Vikings misplayed a hard liner off the bat of Ranger's ensuing batter, Robert Oropeza, and allowed a run to come home.

Perez capped the Rangers' first-inning heroics from there. After a walk to Michael Torres-Idrogo had loaded the bases, Perez hit into a fielder's choice at third to cap a 3-0 start.

Jaxon Haynes padded Ranger's lead in the fourth. He hit a sacrifice fly to left that allowed Jackson Dillingham to score from third and up RC's advantage to 4-0.

Grayson threatened to get back into the game. The Vikings scored in the home half of the fourth and pulled themselves to within three runs heading into the fifth.

Perez, who finished the game with a team-high three RBI, salted the Game 1 win away from there. With one out and Oropeza on second, Perez blasted a 1-1 pitch to deep left for a two-run home and a 6-1 lead.

Grayson managed to load the bases on the bottom of the seventh but failed to score.

The Vikings scored nine times in the bottom of the fifth inning of Game 2 and rallied to take a 13-3 decision. Grayson trailed 3-0 heading into the home half of the third.

Haynes highlighted Ranger's efforts in Game 2 with a home run to left in the top of the third. His blast staked RC to a 2-0 lead.

The Vikings responded in the bottom half of the frame with four runs to take the lead for good.

With the split, the Rangers, now 20-12 overall and 5-5 in conference, remained a game behind Temple in the win column for fourth-place in the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference standings. Only the top four teams in the final conference standings advance to the Region 5 tournament.

The Rangers will return to action this Saturday when they host Grayson in a twinbill at Ellis Burks Field