On a cold day, hits were few to come by and when they did they counted, as the Archers pushed past Marshalltown on Saturday afternoon, 7-4, on the Meramec campus.  Jack Kane allowed one earned run in five innings pitched, while striking out eight hitters to move to 2-2 on the year.  McGwire Dean notched two hits and scored a run, while Chase Jones belted the biggest hit of the day with a 2 run double to the gap in rightcenter to give the Archers some breathing room in the fifth inning at 7-3.  Sam Lombard also had a RBI single to leftfield in the fifth inning.  The Archers The Archers had scored their first four runs on a bases loaded walk, an infield hit by Austin DesRoche and two wild pitches in the second inning.  

STLCC improves to 11-9 on the year and returns for two more games in Sunday, starting with an 11:00 am rematch vs. Milwaukee Area Technical College and ending the weekend with a 4:00 pm start with Marshalltown.