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4.27.04 - Playing
in two critical games, the Foresters rose to the challenge and shut
out the Goshen College Maple Leafs 3-0 and 1-0 to keep alive their
hopes of playing in the NAIA Region VIII tournament. In game
one, HC used a throwing error by the Maple Leaf catcher, a RBI
single by Marc Roth and a sacrifice fly by Brian Porter to score
their three runs in the bottom of the fifth. Josh Clark moved
to 5-3 on the season with the complete game shutout. He held
the Goshen batters in check allowing just three hits with two walks
and four strikeouts in seven innings of work. In game two,
nine innings were needed to determine the winner of the pitchers'
dual. The Foresters, down to their final out in the bottom of
the ninth, came up with three consecutive singles by Joel Kennedy,
Levi Sell, and Andy Janzen to score the game-winner. Kennedy
(6-3) pitched all nine innings for HC for his second straight
shutout. He gave up nine hits with two walks and four
strikeouts. "We were really in a must win situation if we
want to get into the regional where only the top three teams from
the conference go," said Coach Frame. "We obviously
got two great pitching performances. We still have our work
cut out in our last six conference games, but these were very big
wins. Our kids did a great job." The Foresters move
to 15-20 on the season and 11-11 in the MCC with the two wins. |
