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2.26-2.28.04 -
The Foresters traveled south to Jackson, Tennessee to open their
season in the Sports Rehab Classic and came away with four losses
against some good competition. While HC was taking the field
for the first time this spring, each of its competitors had at least
nine games under their belts. The Foresters gained a lot of
valuable experience during the weekend, but were not consistent
enough to beat some of the better teams in the NAIA. In game
one, HC fell 9-1 to Union University. Union scored six
times in the bottom of the first to take control of the game.
The Foresters picked up their run in the sixth inning on an RBI
single by Greg Slee that plated Brian Porter. HC's Aaron
Klopfenstein took the loss, going five innings and giving up six
earned runs on five hits and two walks. In Friday's first
game, HC took on NAIA Preseason 10th-ranked Missouri Baptist
University and fell 12-3. The Foresters got on the board first
with a run in the top of the first. Porter got on with a
two-out single, went to third on a Marc Roth single, and scored on
Steve Orth's single. Porter got things started again in the
third with a one-out single, followed by a Roth double and a 2-RBI
double by Orth to give HC a 3-0 lead. Missouri Baptist came
back with three runs in the bottom of the third and scattered nine
more runs in their final three at-bats. Joel Kennedy went five
innings in the loss, giving up seven runs, five earned, on seven
hits and base on balls. In the Friday afternoon game, Freed
Hardeman University shutout HC 10-0. Jason Stanley was the
pitcher of record for HC. He went 3 1/3 innings and gave up 10
runs, nine earned, on 12 hits and two walks. In their final
game of the Classic, the Foresters succumbed 10-2 to Lambuth
University. The Eagles plated six runs in the bottom of
the first, added one in the second and three more in the third.
HC got two back in the top of the fourth on a two-run shot by Roth,
but could get no closer. Josh Clark took the loss for HC,
giving up seven runs, four earned, on seven hits and one walk in two
innings. |
