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UBC 9, Concordia-Portland 7; UBC 6, Concordia-Portland 2
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First game (nine innings): The Thunderbirds trailed 7-1 going into the bottom of the eighth inning, and four of the seven Cavalier runs were unearned. However, the Cavaliers simply left starter Steven Taft in the game too long. Taft scattered seven hits over the first seven innings, and the only Thunderbird run came on a home run by CF Blake Carruthers in the second inning. The Birds left the bases loaded in the fifth inning.
The eight-run eighth inning started with a single by SS Sammie Starr. DH Nic Lenvoy and Carruthers both flied out, and the Birds were down to four out. RF Sean Pisarski kept the inning alive with a single, then 2B Alex White hit a single to score Starr. 1B Bob Foerster and C Greg Densem hit RBI singles, and Taft was replaced with Brett Ferguson. Andrew Firth was sent out to pinch-hit for LF Christian Jolley, and drew a walk. 3B Keaton Briscoe hit a double to bat in two more runs.
So, Starr came to the plate for the second time in the inning, with the Birds trailing 7-6, and two runners on base. He hit a home run over the left field fence.
Taylor King was brought in to close it. The top of the ninth started with a walk and a single, but King proceeded to get two strikeouts and a ground out for his fifth save of the season. Andrew Ledger, who pitched the eighth inning and retired three of the four batters he faced, got his first career win.
Eric Brown started, and shut out the first two batters he faced. However, the inning was extended by an error, and the result was an RBI single by LF Brady Miletich, and a two-run home run by C Tommy Whalen. The Cavailers added two runs in the fifth when 2B Curt Cosby singled, 1B Andrew Reid reached on an error, CF Ryan Kolstad got an RBI on a fluke single, and Whalen hit a sacrifice fly.
Briscoe was 3-5 with two RBI, and Starr was 2-5 with three RBI. Miletich was 2-3 with an RBI. Both sides committed three errors.
Second game (seven innings): The game started with an RBI single by 1B Sean Myrom, but another run was prevented by C Bob Foerster catching a baserunner stealing. The Birds answered with a leadoff triple by SS Sammie Starr, who came home on a single by 2B Alex White.
The Cavaliers were kept off the board for the next two innings, helped by an excellent play on a ground ball by Starr in the second inning, and starter Sheldon McDonald striking out three batters in the third. The Birds then got all the runs they needed in the bottom of the third, on a single by White, an RBI triple by DH Nic Lendvoy, an RBI single by CF Blake Carruthers, a single by Kevin Nickel (an early substitution at first base), and a two-RBI triple by 3B Keaton Briscoe.
The Birds completed the scoring with an RBI single by RF Jordan Pandoff in the fifth.
McDonald went six innings, allowed only one earned run on seven hits, struck out four, walked none, and hit one batter. The Cavaliers' second run came on a wild pitch by McDonald. Danny Britton-Foster pitched the seventh inning, gave up one hit, and struck out one. McDonald leads the team with six wins.
Briscoe finished the game 3-3 with two RBI. White went 3-4, and Nickel went 2-3. Andrew Reid went the distance for the Cavaliers, and got the loss.
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