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03.07.09
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Foresters collected 18 hits and scored in each of the seven innings
to rout the Trolls of Trinity Christian 17-6 in their second game of
the Missouri Baptist tournament.
HU scored once in the first and the
second, but gave one back to Trinity Christian in the bottom of the
second. The Foresters plated three in the third with two of
the runs coming on a double by Eric Schultz.
In the fourth, HU
pushed across four more with Justin Branock delivering the a two-run
double and then made it 10-1 with another run in the top of the
fifth. The Trolls got five back in their half of the fifth,
but the Foresters added three more in the sixth and four in the
seventh for the 17-6 victory.
Schultz paced HU
at the plate with five hits in six at-bats that included a double
and a homerun and he drove in six runs in the winning effort.
Eric Randel earned the win for the Foresters allowing six runs on 10
hits and two walks while striking out three.
In HU's final
game of the tournament, Missouri Baptist University took care of
business quickly downing the Foresters 14-2 in five innings.
The Spartans put
three on the board in the first and third and plated eight in the
fourth for a commanding 14-1 lead. HU picked up one more in
the top of the fifth, but could get no closer.
Drew Taylor took
the loss for the Foresters. He allowed 10 runs on nine hits
and a walk, while striking out two. HU's defense committed
three errors in the contest that led to five unearned MBU runs.
No one had more than one hit in the game for the Foresters.
With the split,
HU moves to 2-6 on the season. |
