Baseball | 2/24/2026 6:47:00 PM

Box Score The Cloud County Community College baseball team rode the momentum of an eight-run bottom of the second inning to an 11-6 victory over Kansas City Kansas Community College at Lee Doyen Field in Concordia, Kansas on Tuesday, February 24. The victory gives the T-Birds a split in the regular season series with the Blue Devils and improves Cloud County to 10-1 on the season.

Sophomore third baseman Kaden Budke led off the game with a solo home run to left field, his fourth home run of the season, while freshman catcher Kellan Burke and sophomore first baseman Luke Clayton added RBI singles to spot the T-Birds a 3-0 advantage.

Kansas City Kansas trimmed the lead to 3-2 when redshirt sophomore Brady Kern drove in two runs on a two-out single in the top half of the second inning.

Cloud County then erupted for eight runs in the bottom of the second. Budke led off the inning with a walk, while redshirt freshman Simon Baker followed with a double to center field. Sophomore second baseman Joey Marino ripped a single to center to score Budke to give the T-Birds a 4-2 advantage. Baker and Marino both scored after Kansas City Kansas walked three straight batters, scoring both runs.

The inning continued as sophomore outfielder Carter Cathers was brought home on a sacrifice fly by freshman Kale Koch. Redshirt freshman Tanner Jacobson then launched a two-out, three-run home run to right field to give Cloud County a 10-2 lead.

Baker capped the inning with an RBI single to right, pushing the T-Birds ahead 11-2.

Kansas City Kansas attempted to charge back with one run in the third, two in the sixth and an additional run in the ninth, but the T-Birds prevented the Blue Devils from closing the gap.

Sophomore Kai Rempel earned the win after pitching the first three innings, allowing three runs, one earned, on five hits with six strikeouts. Five other pitchers combined to throw the final six innings, tallying four scoreless innings and nine more strikeouts between them. Freshman Jackson Fox retired three Blue Devils batters in a row during the top of the fourth inning, while sophomore Sam Brummund sat down all three batters he faced on strikes in the top of the eighth.

The T-Birds scored double-digit runs for the second consecutive game and the fourth time this season. Baker, the current Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference West Divison Player of the Week, went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and one RBI. Baker also stole two bases. Budke finished with two hits with three runs scored, while Marino scored two runs.

Cloud County continues its seven game homestand on Friday, February 27 with a doubleheader against Marshalltown Community College. First pitch is scheduled for 1 pm at Lee Doyen Field. The games will be streamed live on the T-Bird Sports Network.