Promising start fades in Dutch baseball defeat

PELLA — Everything went right to start for the Central College baseball in Friday’s game against the University of Dubuque but the momentum faded in a 12-4 loss. In the first inning, starting pitcher Declan O’Hare (fifth year, Los Angels, Calif., John Marshall HS) retired all three batters he faced to start with a scoreless frame. Central (9-16, 3-7 American Rivers Conference) responded with two hits in the bottom half of the inning before a dropped infield fly allowed the Dutch to score the first run of the contest. The Spartans (18-10, 7-6 conference) offense scored at least one run…