LACEY, Wash. - A five-run second inning proved to not quite be
enough as the Puget Sound Loggers fell to the Saint Martin's
Saints, 7-5, in a non-conference baseball game on Tuesday afternoon
at Saints Field in Lacey, Wash.
The Saints (1-4) got on the board first in the bottom of the
first after Shane Shoeneberg doubled to lead things off and
eventually came around to score on a wild pitch by Logger starter
Cameron Duvall (Lakewood, Wash./Lakes).
The Loggers (0-1) answered back in a big way in the top of
the second. Freshman Charlie Bogart (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
reached on a fielding error by the second baseman that allowed
Casey Coberly (Boise, Idaho) and Chaz Kramer (Boulder, Colo./Silver
Creek) to score an give Puget Sound a 2-1 lead. Sophomore
Dakota Resnik (Bellevue, Wash./Newport) picked up an RBI on a
single to right field that scored Spencer Crace (Wilsonville, Ore.)
and then Doug Cox (Kailua, Hawaii/Kalaheo) drove in Bogart as well
as Zach Girod (Vancouver, Wash./Fort Vancouver) for an early 5-1
Logger lead.
The Saints answered back with three runs in the bottom of the
inning to tighten the Puget Sound lead to 5-4 but the Loggers were
able to hold on to the advantage until the sixth inning when Jake
Owens hit the sacrifice fly to center field to score Andy
Cole. After a couple scoreless innings, the Saints found
themselves with runners on second and third with two outs in the
bottom of the eighth when Andrew Braegelmann hit a hard ball
towards Crace at third base. Crace managed to scoop up the
ball but his throw sailed wide, allowing Seth Drake and Michael
McIver to score and give SMU a 7-5 lead.
Senior Kevin Jones came in to pitch the ninth inning for the
Saints and got three straight outs to give Saint Martin's their
first win of the year.
The Loggers were led offensively by Resnik, who finished the
game three-for-four from the plate with an RBI. Duvall looked
solid in his first start of the season, despite allowing four runs
on eight hits in four innings pitched.
Jeff Brooks collected the win for SMU, allowing one hit in one
and two-third scoreless innings pitched. Colby Robinson (Gig
Harbor, Wash./Olympic College) took the loss for Puget Sound,
allowing two runs, neither of them earned, on one hit in one and
two-thirds innings pitched. Jones collected the save,
pitching one inning of no-hit ball.
The Loggers head down to Oregon this week to participate in the
Jim Doran Auto Classic, hosted by Linfield College. Puget
Sound will kick things off in McMinnville on Friday night when they
take on Concordia (Ore.).
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