WC baseball splits with No. 5 McLennan

The Weatherford College baseball team split with No. 5 McLennan Community College in Waco Saturday. 

WC took the first game, 2-1. Weatherford's Ben Tadlock scored the go-ahead run off a McLennan error in the top of the seventh inning. 

Coyote pitcher Robert Fortenberry registered nine strikeouts while allowing four hits and one run. 

Dayton Tockey went 2-for-3 with two doubles. 

In game two, McLennan won 8-0. Cole Dillon led MCC with a 2-for-4 performance with two RBI. 

The Coyotes committed six errors in the second game. 

WC's Matthew Rheaume allowed two hits and no earned runs over three and two-thirds innings while striking out three. 

The Coyotes split the four-game series with MCC two games to two, moving their overall record to 20-7 and a 6-2 conference record.