The Temple College baseball team hosted a round-robin tripleheader as No. 3 Midland College and Navarro College joined the Leopards in action at the Danny Scott Athletic Complex.
In the opening game, Temple rebounded from a run-rule loss to the Chaparrals on Friday with eight runs in the opening two innings on Saturday to upend Midland in seven innings, 9-2.
The Leopards loaded the bases in the bottom of the first when Kolvin Davis was hit by a pitch, and Lance Cantrell and Andrew Ermis drew walks. Peanut Brazzle's sacrifice fly scored Kolvin Davis to get Temple on the scoreboard. Ryder Rutledge doubled home Cantrell, Midland starting pitcher Logan Flores balked home Ermis, and Kash Millar reached on an error to Rutledge to give the Leopards a 4-0 lead.
Josh Wulfert scored on a single, two stolen bases, and a groundout by Stevyn Andrachick in the second to cut the Chaparrals' margin to three.
Cantrell's two-out single in the second set up Ermis' two-run blast to increase Temple's lead to five. Peanut Brazzle singled on the next pitch, and Rutledge homered on the pitch after to drive in Brazzle to give Temple an 8-1 lead.
The Leopards made the lead stand, with Jorge Gil scoring on a wild pitch in the top of the sixth for Midland, and Kolvin Davis answering with a solo shot in the bottom of sixth to cap the scoring.
Temple collected nine hits, with Rutledge having logged three hits and Kolvin Davis having collected two hits.
Tobin Eschief went the distance for the Leopards, as he logged seven innings, allowed two runs on five hits, struck out five and walked three.
Five different Chaparrals logged hits for Midland.
Midland went on to defeat Navarro College 7-4 in the middle game of the round robin. Parker Ibrahimi went 2-of-4 with a homer and four RBI, and AJ Velarde crushed a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to put the Chaparrals on top for good.
In the final game of the day, Temple took on Navarro in a late afternoon start.
Rutledge and Cantrell crushed homers to support Kade Davis' two-hitter as the Leopards run-ruled the Bulldogs in five innings, 10-0.
Temple began the scoring in the bottom of the second off Navarro starting pitcher Jackson Wilkerson. Millar's sacrifice scored Rutledge to give the Leopards a lead they did not relinquish.
Kolvin Davis walked, and Lance Cantrell was hit by a pitch to start the third inning. With one out, Brazzle's single to right field scored Kolvin Davis. On the next pitch, Rutledge hit a towering fly ball over the right field fence to put Temple up 5-0.
The Leopards doubled their lead in the fourth inning. Millar walked, and Hunter Baros reached on an error to start the inning. Kolvin Davis' sacrifice bunt set up Millar at third and Baros at second for Cantrell's high fly over the right field wall for the three-run shot. Temple added two more runs on Jackson Todd single to give the Leopards a 10-0.
Kash Davis got the final three outs for the complete game shutout, as he allowed two hits, struck out four and walked one.
Rutledge was 3-of-3 with a homer, three RBI, and three runs scored. Rutledge went 6-of-6 with two homers, six RBI, and four runs scored in the doubleheader. Cantrell went 2-of-3 and came away with four hits in the twin-bill.
Temple College (6-10) starts North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference play with a four-game series against No. 7 McLennan Community College (10-2). The Leopards will travel to Waco for a Wednesday doubleheader at Bosque River Ballpark, and MCC will travel to the Danny Scott Athletic Complex for a Saturday doubleheader.