Simon and Nelson Complete as Cougars sweep double header

MANCHESTER, CT – MCC received complete games from Steve Simon and Dan Nelson and beat Northern Essex CC in both games of a double-header Saturday afternoon in Manchester by 4-1 and 1-0 scores.

MCC scored two of its runs in the first game on double steals with Juan Bisono scoring in the first inning and A. J. Lowers in the second. James McGowan and Dave Alexander drove in the other runs as Simon, who retired the first 12 batters he faced, threw 85 pitches in his second consecutive complete game victory. Simon (2-0) struck out six and did not walk a batter over seven innings.

In game two, the Cougars had just two hits off NE’s Syed Ali, and the game was a scoreless tie going into the bottom of the sixth before Alan Fredriksson drove in Bisono with a two-out single. Nelson’s eighth strike out of the game secured the sweep for MCC (8-7-1). Northern Essex drops to 0-10.

Game 1
MCC 4 Northern Essex 1

NE 000 000 1 1 4 0
MCC 310 000 x 4 8 1

M:Steve Simon and A.J Lowers; NE: Brandon Boucher and Danny Tomasz. WP: Simon (2-0) LP: Boucher

Game 2

MCC 1 Northern Essex 0

NE 000 000 0 0 7 1
MCC 000 001 x 1 2 1

M:Dan Nelson and James Mc Gowan; NE: Syed Ali and Danny Tomasz. WP: Nelson (2-1) LP: Ali