#5 Midland College Chaparrals Take Three of Four from Hawks, Remain in a Tie for First Place in the WJCAC

Midland College Baseball

Howard College Hawks vs. Midland College Chaps

April 11-12, 2025

Midland, TX

The #5 Midland College Chaparrals had their formidable offensive ability on full display over the weekend's four-game conference series versus the Howard College Hawks.  MC won three of four games, with a double-header spilt in Big Spring on Friday and a two-game sweep on Saturday.  The Chaps scored 54 runs in four games, 22 runs scored in Saturday's finale.  For their part the Hawks scored 31 runs total in the weekend's series. 

Midland College, 37-5 in 2025, remains in a tie for first place in the WJCAC, along with New Mexico Junior College.  The Chaparrals are 21-3 in conference headed into their next WJCAC series at Borger against Frank Phillips College. 

In Friday's first game versus the Hawks, Midland College registered a 16-1 run-rule win led by the pitching performance of Jacob Kuhn.  Kuhn, a sophomore from Farmington (NM), went five innings and recorded four strikeouts for his ninth win of the season against no losses.  Dylon Myrow went 3-4 with an RBI, Jorge Gil was 2-4 at the plate, including a double and with three RBI in the game.  Josh Wulfert went 2-4 with an RBI and a stolen base while Caleb Boswell was 2-2 at the plate with two RBI in the win.  

In game two the Chaps suffered a bit of a power failure, racking up seven total hits and driving in five runs in a 10-5 loss.  AJ Velarde and Stevyn Andrachick each recorded two hits in the game.  MC's Jason Berglund lost his first game of the season.  Berglund, a freshman from Parker (CO) is now 6-1 this season for the Chaparrals.  

As the series moved to Midland for Saturday's double dip at Christensen Stadium, the Chaps were looking to turn things around and win the series.  In the first game of the double-header MC started freshman Logan Flores on the bump.  Flores scattered four hits over five innings, striking out five, picking up his fifth win of the season against two losses.  MC won the game in a five-inning run rule by a score of 11-1.  Midland College's hitters pounded out 14 hits, including five homeruns.  

Saturday's finale was one for the ages!  With MC trailing by a score of 17-7 in the middle of the 6th inning, the game was all but over until the Chaps scored one run to take away the chance of a run-rule win by the Hawks.  Over the next two innings, MC outscored HC 14 runs to two to take the lead headed into the top of the ninth.  The remarkable comeback by the Chaparrals was sealed by clutch pitching by Carson Gibson and Aiden Cline who slammed the door on the Hawks with a final score of 22-19.  Gibson picked up his first win of the year, while Cline recorded his ninth save of the season. 

Midland College will return to competition on Monday when they hit the road for a non-conference game with NTJCAC power, #20 ranked McLennan Community College.  The Midland versus McLennan game will be played in Abilene beginning at 1:00 p.m.  Following the games in Abilene, Midland College will play their next WJCAC series on Thursday, April 17th and Friday, April 18th when they take on Frank Phillips College in Borger.  FPC is 3-21 in the WJCAC this season.  

Watch the Chaps as they take on the McLennan Community College Highlanders in Abilene:

https://tsbnsports.com/mclennan-vs-midland/ 

Midland College Team Stats (as of 04/14/25):

https://gochaps.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/teams/midlandcollege 

Midland College Individual Stats (as of 04/14/25):

https://gochaps.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/teams/midlandcollege?view=lineup&r=0&pos=

Go Chaps!