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 The Warriors won it on an RBI double by SS Josh Ashenbrenner in the top of the eighth.
The Warriors led this one most of the way, and led 5-0 after 3 1/2 innings and a three-run home run by 3B Brian Burke off starter Mark Hardy. It was Burke's 15th home run of the season. However, the Thunderbirds started a comback in the bottom of the fourth on a sacrifice fly by RF Nick Senior and an RBI single by SS Sammie Starr. They added a run in the fifth when CF Blake Carruthers scored when C Greg Densem hit into a double play. They added two more in the sixth to tie the game 5-5 when 2B Alex White scored on a ground out by Starr and LF Mike Elias scored on a ground out by DH Nic Lendvoy. After the sixth, however, Warrior reliever Henry Buenrostro mostly shut down the Thunderbirds the rest of the way. They manged to get the tying run to second and the go-ahead run to first in the bottom of the eighth when White got a hit and 3B Keaton Briscoe drew a walk. However, Starr hit a long fly out, and Buenrostro got a big strikeout of Lendvoy to end the threat. The Birds went three up, three down in the ninth, and Buenrostro got fourth win of the season (all in relief). The Birds' comeback was made possible by a good relief effort by Danny Britton-Foster, who replaced Hardy in the fifth inning and held the Warriors scoreless for three innings. He allowed three hits, and didn't walk a batter. Taylor King, who pitched the eighth and ninth innings, got the loss. White and 1B Andrew Firth both went 3-4. Elias was 1-1; he got a bunt down, and drew two walks. Senior robbed 1B Pat Murray of a hit with a diving catch in the top of the ninth. Burke was 3-5 for the game.
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Story from UBC Athletics site: Warriors go ahead late to spoil T-Bird comeback
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