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UBC 5, Oregon Tech 4; UBC 7, Oregon Tech 6
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First game (nine innings): This game wasn't as close as the score indicates. 3B Keaton Briscoe led off the bottom of the first with a walk, then scored on a triple by SS Sammie Starr. The Hustlin' Owls tied it with an RBI single by 3B Colin Stock in the top of the third, but the Thunderbirds went ahead for good with three runs in the bottom of the third, on an RBI double by Starr, and a two-RBI double by LF Mike Elias.
The Owls made it 5-3 in the top of the fourth, and it stayed that way until the top of the ninth, when Ryan Smith, pinch-running for DH Kealii Ribao, came home as a result of a bad throw made in an attempt to end the game by catching him at third base.
The Owls were totally shut down by Danny Britton-Foster, who came on in the fourth inning in relief of Eric Brown. He immediately gave up a double by CF Kory Locken, which scored a run charged to Brown.
That was the only baserunner that Britton-Foster allowed. He retired the next 11 batters he faced, striking out four of them. He was replaced by Mark Hardy in the eighth. Hardy allowed only the one unearned run on two hits, and collected his second save of the weekend.
Starr was 3-4 for the game. The remaining Thunderbirds hits came from RF Nick Senior (who made a great catch off 2B Ryson Mauricio on the fifth), DH Nic Lendvoy, 2B Alex White, and C Greg Densem. Densem also made a good defensive play to catch a runner attempting to steal second base.
Frank Charlton, who gave up seven hits in seven innings for the Owls, got the loss.
Second game (seven innings):This game did not go well at all for the first six innings. The Hustlin' Owls jumped on Jordan Herbison, making his second start of the season, for single runs in the first and second innings, and three runs in the third inning. He was replaced by David Otterman with one out and the bases loaded in the third. Otterman walked in a run, then gave up a two-RBI single by SS Zack Earle, and threw a wild pitch to allow another run to score. The Owls led 6-0 after 2 1/2 innings.
The Thunderbirds got one back in the bottom of the third, when 3B Keaton Briscoe started the inning with a walk and came home on a double play. They didn't score again until the sixth inning, when SS Sammie Starr hit a sacrifice fly. The Birds managed only one hit off Owls starter Darryl Swearingen. However, he walked five batters, including the first two batters of the sixth inning. He was clearly getting tired, and was replaced by Dylan Bedortha, who had pitched in the previous game and also on Saturday. He got out of the inning with only the sac fly by Starr, but the bottom of the seventh started with a single by 1B Andrew Firth (the Birds' second hit of the game), a fly out by LF Mike Elias, and walks by Briscoe and pinch-hitter Sean Pisarski, loading the bases with one out. C Bob Foerster drew a walk to score a run, and Bedortha, like Swearingen, had run out of gas, and he was replaced by Zack O'Hanen, who pitched on Saturday. O'Hanen walked 2B Alex White to score run #4, and CF Nick Senior hit a sacrifice fly to bring on run #5.
So, Starr came to the plate with two outs and the Birds trailing 6-5. He hit a double down the left field line to bat in two runs and win it.
Shawn Hetherington came in in the fourth innings, and allowed only two hits, didn't walk a batter. Taylor King pitched the seventh inning, and struck out two of the three batters he faced. King was the pitcher of record, and got his third win of the season.
The Birds were out-hit by the Owls 6-3. CF Kory Locken finished 2-4 with two runs scored for the Owls.
According to Assistant Coach Cav Whitely, this is the third time that the Birds have gotten a walk-off win on Senior Day.
Starr went 4-7 with five RBI, two doubles, and a triple for the day.
Story from UBC Athletics site: Starr shines bright on seniors' day
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