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UBC 8, Corban 0; UBC 8, Corban 1
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- Published on Friday, 13 April 2007 18:00
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First game: Jon Syrnyk hit three triples, and Doug Grant, Scott Webster, and Kurtis Schumacher combined for a two-hit shutout.
All three of Syrnyk's triples were hit deep in center-right field. His performance ties an NAIA record, held by eight other players.
The Thunderbirds scored in every inning except the sixth. They did the most damage in the third; Syrnyk scored on a wild pitch, Fletcher Vynne batted in a run, then scored when he was walked in.
Jason Braun took the loss for the Warriors, who have been shut out in three straight Region I games.
Second game: This one would have been a lot closer had it not been for several excellent defensive plays by the Thunderbirds. In the first inning, Nic Lendvoy made a good catch of a foul ball in left field. In the fourth inning, Matt Chester, playing first base, made a great diving catch of a foul ball hit by Doug Gausepohl near the wall on the first base side. Then, Lendvoy made a good throw to catch a runner at the plate. In the seventh, Jeremy Frantz was thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double. The Thunderbirds had double plays in the third and sixth innings. In the eighth, a double play was bungled when a toss by Sammie Starr at second base went astray. However, Ted Wilkie, Starr, and Chester completed a double play on the next batter.
The big inning this time was a five-run second. The first run was walked in when Lendvoy was hit by a pitch. The second one came in when Brett Murray reached on an error. Then, Fletcher Vynne cleared the bases with a double.
Brendan Rolfe got the start, went five innings, and gave up the only Warrior run. Mark Hardy pitched the sixth through eighth innings, and Kurtis Schumacher pitched the ninth. Hardy allowed only two hits. Scott Fitchett pitched a complete game in a losing cause.
Syrnyk and Vynne were both 5-7 for the day.