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 The Warriors got all the runs they needed in the first inning, but this was still a well-played and entertaining ball game, with another record crowd at Thunderbird Park.
Birds' starter Brandon Kaye didn't get through the first inning. He was charged with five hits and six runs, and he walked two. He was replaced by David Otterman, a true freshman who had pitched 9 2/3 innings prior to today. Otterman went five innings, He hit the second batter he faced, sending in a run that was charged to Kaye. He proceeded to keep the Warriors scoreless until the sixth inning, when he gave up an RBI single by 3B Brian Burke. While Otterman was shutting down the Warrirors, the Birds were, once again, unable to solve Warriors starter Colby Hawk. (This is Hawk's last year of eligibility.) Hawk allowed four hits over the first five innings, although SS Sammie Starr did manage to get as far as third base in the fourth. Hawk started to tire in the sixth, however, and Starr hit an RBI double to end the shutout. Hawk was replaced by Stephen Foster, who pitched on Friday. The Birds got another run in the sixth on an RBI double by 2B Alex White, but they left the bases loaded. Starr was left in scoring position at the end of the seventh. In the eighth inning, the Birds loaded the bases with one out on reliever Zach Clanton. C Greg Densem hit a ball that should have been a double play, but a wild throw to first base allowed two runs to score, cutting the Warrior lead to 8-4. 3B Keaton Briscoe hit a single. The Birds had runners at first and third with two outs, and Starr coming to bat. The Warriors had to send out their star reliever, Henry Buenrostro, who pitched three innings on Saturday. Buenrostro proceeded to strike out Starr to end the comeback. (Buenrostro got a big two-outs-in-the-eighth strikeout on Saturday.) The Birds started the ninth inning with a single by DH Nic Lendvoy, but Buenrostro got two more strikeouts and a ground out to end it. The Birds got two big defensive plays in the late going to stay in the game. In the seventh, C Kawika Emsley-Pai hit a line drive into center field, but White backed up and made a leaping catch to rob Emsley-Pai of a hit. In the ninth, Christian Jolley, who had just entered the game in right field, made a diving catch of a ball to rob 2B Trent Bridges of a hit. On the next play, Starr ran a long way to catch a fly ball in foul territory, ending the inning. Andrew Ledger took over from Otterman in the sixth. He allowed only one hit, but it was a home run by CF Gino Casini. Jordan Herbison pitched the last two innings, and retired all six batters he faced, struck out one. Both Ledger and Herbison had pitched only five innings prior to this game. Starr was 3-5 for the game, and Lendvoy was 2-4. LF Bryson Jajiri was 3-4 for the Warriors. The game was delayed for a while on the fifth inning when a foul ball by LF Mike Elias shattered on of the ballpark lights, and the broken glass had to be swept off the carpet.
Box score and play-by-play
Stories by Lyndon Little in the Vancouver Sun:
Lewis-Clark wins both Sat and Sun to take NAIA baseball series 2-1 (includes pictures)
Warriors bring Birds back to earth via weekend wins
Story from UBC Athletics site: T-Birds can't dig out of first inning hole
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