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04.24.07
- The Foresters got by Bethel College 11-10 in the opener, but
then fell 6-4 in the nightcap.
Game one played more like a boxing
match with one team matching the other blow for blow. HU (19-16,
13-7) took a 1-0 lead in the first. The Pilots plated four in
the top of the third, but the Foresters answered with three runs in
their half of the inning to tie it 4-4. Bethel immediately went
back to work and added four more in the fourth. HU again
responded with three in the bottom of the inning and knotted the score
at 8-8 with a run in the fifth. After two scoreless innings, they
headed into an extra frame. Bethel looked to have the Foresters
down for the count when they scored a pair of runs in the top of the
eighth, but HU got back up and won the game with three runs in their
at-bat.
Josh Clark got the start and the win
for the Foresters. He went three and two-thirds innings and gave
up six runs on 10 hits and a walk while striking out one. Thad
Frame led the team with a triple and a timely single that drove in two
runs in the bottom of the eighth. He also scored a run and
finished the game with a team-high four RBI.
In game two, HU took advantage of a
shaky start by Bethel pitcher, Ryan Robinson, to take an early 3-0
lead. Robinson walked three and gave up two hits in the first to
help the Forester cause. The Pilots got one back in the third
and then made good use of two Forester errors to take a 4-3 lead in
the fourth. In the bottom half of the frame, HU again took
advantage of a leadoff walk to tie the score. Bethel got the
game-winner in the top of the fifth with a double by Enrique Odreman
and a two-run homerun from Korey Pulluaim.
Levi Sell took the loss for HU.
He went five innings and allowed six runs, three earned, on eight hits
and three walks while striking out two. Korey Grow and Alex
Rinearson both had two hits and a RBI in the game.
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