The Seward County Saints split a pair of games against Redlands in El Reno Friday afternoon.  The Cougars won the first game 6-4 on a walk off three run home run.  The Saints took the second game 7-5 in 10 innings.

In game one, the Saints scored three in the third to take a 3-1 lead.  SCCC added a fourth inning run to lead 4-1.  Redlands chipped away at the lead with two in the fifth to make it 4-3.  Redlands hit the three run home run in the bottom of the seventh for the 6-4 win.  The Cougars out-hit the Saints 8-5.  Michael Lujan pitched 4 and 1/3 innings allowing two earned runs with six strikeouts and four walks.  Isai Santaella and Grant Cox had two hits a piece.  Cox had a double and drove home two runs.

In game two, the Saints scored one in the first and led until the Cougars put up a four run fifth.  The Saints scored three in the seventh to tie  it at 4-4.  The game went extra innings and SCCC scored three in the 10th to lead 7-4.  The Saints out-hit Redlands 13-6.  Seward won despite five errors.  Brooks Kappelmann went 4 and 2/3 with seven strikeouts and two walks and did not allow an earned run.  Cooper Turner pitched 1 and 1/3 scoreless.  Trajan Chavez went four innings for the win allowing no earned runs with five strikeouts and two walks.  Blaine Chancy went 2-5 with a home run and three RBI’s.  David Brabb, Ryan Todd, and Isai Santaella added two hits a piece.  Jhett Huffman and Isai Santaella hit doubles in the win.

Redlands is 6-18 and Seward is 11-15.  The same two teams play Saturday at 1pm for a double header at Redlands.