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First game (9 innings): Warriors starter Jacob Kopra held the Thunderbirds scoreless for seven innings, and he left the game with a 1-0 lead. The eighth inning started with a walk by LF Mike Elias, a double by CF Blake Carruthers, and a single by 2B Alex White that scored Elias and tied the game. The next batter, 1B Bob Foerster, hit a sacrifice fly that scored Carruthers and the winning run. The Thunderbirds added two more runs in the eighth on an RBI double by 3B Keaton Briscoe. Carruthers hit a three-run home run in the ninth to complete the scoring. Danny Britton-Foster got his third win of the season in relief. He pitched the last three innings, allowed two hits, struck out two. Brandon Kaye pitched the first six innings, allowed one run on seven hits, struck out four. Carruthers was 4-4, and Briscoe was 2-3 with two RBI. SS Jonathan Ramirez went 3-4 for the Warriors. Tyler Doornink got the loss.
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Second game (7 innings): A game that was close all the way. No errors by either team, and the Warriors out-hit the Thunderbirds 10-9. The winning run was scored with two outs in the top of the seventh. SS Sammie Starr hit a double, and DH Nic Lendvoy hit a single to bring him in. Sheldon McDonald started, went five innings, allowed one run on seven hits, struck out four. Taylor King took over with the Birds leading 3-1, and the Warriors tied it 3-3 on a two-RBI single by RF Nate Hiebert. The Warriors got the tying run as far as second with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but King finished the game with a strikeout and a fly out to get his second win of the season. Lendvoy hit a two-run home run (his fifth of the season) in the first inning to give the Birds the early lead, and was 2-4 for the game. Starr was 2-4 with two doubles. Hiebert finished the game 2-3. Warrior starter Craig Baker got the loss.
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