Five Thunderbirds on NAIA West All-Star Team
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NAIA West Tournament, May 1-3
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- Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 07:13
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Wednesday - Concordia-Portland 2, UBC 1: The Thunderbirds got a complete game from Sean Callegari. He allowed two runs in the first two innings (one of them walked in), but finished with six hits and nine strikeouts. However, the Birds managed only seven hits off Jason Snodgrass, and the only run came on an RBI single by DH Greg Densem in the sixth inning. The Birds left the bases loaded at the end of that inning, and they left LF Mike Hole on third at the end of the second inning. Box score and play-by-play
Article from UBC Athletics site: Cavs edge T-Birds on day one of NAIA West tourney
The Cavaliers won a 15-inning game earlier in the day. The other game also went extra innings; defending champion Menlo defeated Corban 11-5 in 12 innings.
Thursday - UBC 6, Corban 1: Alex Graham pitched six shutout innings, scattered six hits and five walks. The Birds scored all of their runs in the third inning; 2B Andrew Firth hit an RBI single, LF Mike Hole hit a two-RBI double, 1B Jeremy Kral got an RBI on a ground out, DH Austin Fruson hit an RBI double, and CF James Stewart hit an RBI single. Box score and play-by-play
Menlo 6, UBC 0: James Jensen pitched a complete-game shutout for the Oaks, held the Birds to seven hits, didn't walk a batter, struck out five. Courtesy runner James Stewart was stranded on third in the second inning, and pinch-hitter Austin Fruson was stranded on third in the eighth. C Greg Densem had two hits. Box score and play-by-play
Article from UBC Athletics site: Oaks knock T-Birds out of NAIA West Tournament
UBC at Lewis-Clark State, April 26-28
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- Published on Friday, 26 April 2013 17:17
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Friday - UBC 16, Lewis-Clark State 1: RF Jerod Bartnik, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter, hit two home runs, batted in five runs. C Brody Hawkins went 5-for-6 with two doubles, three RBI. The Thunderbirds had a shutout going into the eighth inning; Sean Callegari went seven innings, allowed four hits, struck out six, didn't walk a batter. Alex Webb went the rest of the way, allowed the sole run on two hits, struck out one. The 23 hits for the Thunderbirds was an L-C State record for hits by an opposing team. Box score and play-by-play
Lewis-Clark State 12, UBC 2: The Birds were done in by a six runs in the third inning, led by a two-RBI single by DH Kyle Blackwell and a two-RBI double by 3B Jacob Cano. Both of the Birds' runs came in the second inning, on an RBI bunt single by CF K.P. Hlatky and a bases-loaded walk by SS Tyson Popoff. Alex Graham got the loss. C Greg Densem went 3-for-4. The Birds stranded 14 base runners. Box score and play-by-play
Story from UBC Athletics site: UBC and LC State trade blowouts to split DH
Saturday - UBC 4, Lewis-Clark State 3: The Birds scored all their runs in the fourth inning; a three-RBI double by SS Tyson Popoff, and an RBI single by 1B Jeremy Kral. The Warriors out-hit the Birds 12-6, but they left 13 runners on base, and left the bases loaded three times, including the bottom of the ninth. Bryan Pawlina got the win, went five innings, allowed one run on six hits, struck out three. (Pawlina's record is now 9-0.) Miles Verweel and Conor Lillis-White each pitched two innings of relief. Lillis-White lived dangerously, allowed a run on two hits, walked three, but he was also consistently ahead of the batters in the count. Box score and play-by-play
Story from UBC Athletics site: T-Birds hang on to edge Warriors in game three
Sunday: - Lewis-Clark State 12 UBC 9: The Birds led this one 7-2 after five innings, but the Warriors came up with three runs in the sixth inning, and seven runs in the seventh. RF Jerod Bartnik went 3-for-5 with two RBI. Alex Webb got the loss. Box score and play-by-play
Story from UBC Athletics site: Warriors top 'Birds in regular season finale
UBC at Oregon Tech, April 20-21
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- Published on Sunday, 21 April 2013 17:26
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Saturday - UBC 15, Oregon Tech 12: The Thunderbirds trailed 12-7 going into the eighth inning, but they pulled it out with seven runs in the top of the eighth, led by home runs by SS Tyson Popoff, 3B Kevin Biro, DH Mike Hole, and RF Jerod Bartnik. Box score and play-by-play
UBC 3, Oregon Tech 1: Starter Sean Callegari went seven shutout innings, allowed only two hits, struck out nine. 3B Kevin Biro hit a two-RBI single for the winning run. Box score and play-by-play
Story from UBC Athletics site: T-Birds sweep Owls in DH after wild series opener
Sunday - Oregon Tech 12, UBC 11: The Hustlin' Owls took an 11-9 lead with four runs in the bottom of the eighth. The Birds tied it with two runs in the top of the ninth with a two-RBI single by LF Aaron Horanski, but the Owls won ti when RF Spencer Reed hit a double, moved to third on a ground out, and scored on a wild pitch. 1B Jeremy Kral and RF Jerod Bartnik hit home runs. Kral was 3-for-4 with four RBI. Box score and play-by-play
UBC 13, Oregon Tech 4: The Birds got all the runs they needed in the first two innings, led by a two-RBI double by 2B Andrew Firth. He and 1B Jeremy Kral had four RBI. Bryan Pawlina got the win to run his record to 8-0. He allowed ten hits over seven innings. C Brody Hawkins finished 4-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Box score and play-by-play
Story from UBC Athletics site: T-Birds win exciting series with Sunday split
UBC vs. Corban, April 13-14
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- Published on Saturday, 13 April 2013 15:11
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Saturday - UBC 5, Corban 1: Alex Graham went the distance, allowed four hits, struck out five, was one out short of a shutout. 3B Andrew Firth batted in two of the Thunderbirds' runs with a double and a sacrifice fly. Mike Hole hit a two-RBI double. LF Aaron Horanski hit a sacrifice fly for the winning run. Box score and play-by-play
Corban 2, UBC 1: Jacob Kopra went the distance for the Warriors, held the Birds to three hits, struck out two. Sean Callegari and Miles Verweel combined to hold the Warriors to two runs; Callegari went 7 1/3 innings, scattered eight hits, didn't walk a batter, was charged with two runs. Verweel allowed two hits in 1 2/3 innings. The Birds' only run was scored by courtesy runner Tyler Enns. He got in the game when C Greg Densem drew a walk. Enns stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error, and scored when 1B Jeremy Kral reached on a fielder's choice. Box score and play-by-play
Story from UBC Athletics site: T-Birds and Warriors trade pitching gems, split DH
Sunday - Corban 1, UBC 0: The only run of the game was in the top of the first, and it was unearned. LF Kyle Kunkel hit an RBI single to score courtesy runner Jake Kunkel; Kunkel was running for C William Koenig, who was hit by a pitch. Caleb Virtue pitched the complete-game shutout for the Warriors, allowed four hits, struck out three.
Jeremy Newton started for the Birds, pitched well (6 2/3 innings, six hits), but got a loss. The Birds missed a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the third; RF Jerod Bartnik could have scored on a fly ball hit by SS Tyson Popoff, but he left third base early. Box score and play-by-play
UBC 9, Corban 0: Bryan Pawlina, Conor Lillis-White, and Tavis Bruce combined for the shutout. Pawlina went six innings, allowed three hits, struck out three. LF Sebastian Wong was 2-for-4 with two RBI. DH Kevin Biro was also 2-for-4 with two RBI, and scored two runs. Box score and play-by-play
Seattle U. 5, UBC 2
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The Thunderbirds got a run in the first inning on an RBI single by 2B Andrew Firth. They didn't score again until the eighth inning, on another RBI single by Firth. Both runs were scored by C Greg Densem.
The 1-0 lead held up until the bottom of the third, When 1B/3B Grant Newton hit an RBI single off Bryan Pawlina. The Redhawks didn't take the lead until the seventh inning, when C Brian Olson hit a solo home run off Connor Smith. The winning run was scored by RF/CF Landon Cray, who was walked by Smith and came home when pinch-hitter Bryndon Ecklund reached on a fielder's choice.
The Birds used eight pitchers. Conor Lillis-White pitched a perfect fourth inning. Alex Webb pitched the fifth and sixth innings, allowed one hit, faced the minimum six batters.
Firth finished the game 3-for-4.
Story from Seattle U. site: Seattle U Baseball Defeats UBC, 5-2
