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C Ryan Pilgrim was 3-4 for the Thunderbirds. Jeff Hall and Geoff Burke made relief appearances. CF Paul Martin was 2-2 for the Warriors, and reached base three more times by being hit by pitches.

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Story from Lewis-Clark State site: Warriors open British Columbia series with 11-3 win

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CF Jon Syrnyk went 2-3 with two RBI. DH Jordan Pandoff was 2-3. Kurtis Schumacher and Ashton Florko each pitched two innings of relief, each allowed only one hit. Starter Josh Strom got the loss for the Owls.

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Second game: The Hustlin' Owls salvaged a win in the "does not count in the standings" game with a decent pitching performance by Ryan Henry, who went five innings, and allowed three runs on seven hits. The winning run came off Geoff Burke in the sixth inning; it was set up by an error by Burke, a walk, and an RBI single by 2B Ryan Mauricio.

Nic Lindsay played second base in this one, and made two very good defensive plays. He is still looking for his first hit as a Thunderbird, but he got two more RBI in this game, running his total for the season to three. Both of the RBI came on ground outs, and he also drew a walk.

SS Sean Everest was 3-4 with an RBI. Jeff Hall started, and gave up two runs on three hits in two innings. The Owls did the most damage to Sean Carrick, who was charged with two earned runs on two hits in only 1/3 of an inning. He was replaced by Greg Chong, who held the Owls hitless for 1 2/3 innings. Andrew LaFleur pitched the ninth, and got tagged for an insurance run.

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Story from UBC Athletics site: 'Birds Still Perfect In Conference Play

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First game: Mark Hardy pitched his third straight complete seven-inning game, and his second shutout of the season. He allowed only three hits, and struck out seven.

The winning run came in the second inning, on an RBI double by Mike Styrna. Styrna was 2-2, and Ryan Pilgrim was 2-3.

Derek Jacobsen pitched a complete game for the Hustlin' Owls, held the Birds to six hits.

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Second game: Sammie Starr was 3-5, and Mike Styrna hit a two-RBI double in the first inning to get it going. Jon Syrnyk was 2-3 with two RBI, the first of which was the winning run. Matt Chester got an RBI on a fielder's choice, and made the defensive play of the game in the seventh inning in left field, robbing CF Trenton Smith of a base hit with a great catch of a line drive. Josh Brink got the start, and gave way to Greg Chong after walking a couple of batters in the fifth. Chong came in with the bases loaded and a run in; he gave up a run on a sacrifice fly by Smith, but got the Birds out of the inning with no further damage.

Chong went 1 2/3 innings, allowed one hit, and got the win. However, the best pitching performance of the game was by Kurtis Schumacher, who retired all five batters he faced. Ashton Florko and Andrew LaFleur also saw action. Casey Burton got the loss for the Hustlin' Owls.

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Story from UBC Athletics site: T-Birds Sweep Home Opening Double-Header

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Canada's roster also includes former Lewis-Clark State star Emerson Frostad, who is now in the Rangers organization.

Update on March 9: Brooks started against Australia, and the result was a 10-5 loss. Four of Australia's runs were off Brooks in the third inning, on four hits and an error.

Update on March 14: Brooks got another start in the final game of the tournament, against Germany. (Canada had already clinched a spot in the Beijing Olympics.) This time, he went four innings, allowed no runs on two hits, struck out three, walked two. Canada won 2-1 in ten innings, and Emerson Frostad drew a walk with the bases loaded to score the winning run.

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First game: The Thunderbirds trailed 1-0 going into the fifth inning. They went ahead in the fifth with a two-RBI triple by RF Matt Chester, and an RBI double by 1B Scott Webster. The winning runs came in the sixth, on a two-run home run by CF Jon Syrnyk. DH Fletcher Vynne followed him with another home run.

Eric Brown went seven innings, allowed two runs on four hits, struck out four, got his first win. Kurtis Schumacher got a major save; he came in with one out in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, and the Birds up by three, and got those last two outs. SS Sammie Starr made a couple of excellent defensive plays, and was 2-5 at the plate. Brett Hawley got the loss; Concordia hurt their cause with seven errors.

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Second game: The Birds actually trailed this one 3-0 after two innings, but they tied it in the third with unearned runs batted in by RF Matt Chester and LF Mike Styrna. (The Cavaliers had five errors in this game.) They broke the game open with ten runs in the fifth, only five of them earned. Styrna and 2B Alex White each batted in two runs. White was 3-4 for the game, and Chester and 1B Dave Dick were 3-5.

Greg Chong got the win. He pitched the middle three innings, allowed only one hit. The Cavaliers got all of their runs off starter Geoff Burke. Jeff Hall pitched the last two innings, allowed one hit.

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Story from Concordia-Portland site: British Columbia completes weekend sweep of Concordia

Pre-series interview with Assistant Coach Cav Whitely

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First game: Mark Hardy got his second straight complete seven-inning game. He allowed only four hits, struck out six. He held the Cavaliers' new hitting star, CF Roberto Reyes, hitless.

This game was close until the seventh inning, when the Thunderbirds erupted for six runs, led by a two-RBI double by CF Jon Syrnyk and a two-RBI single by DH Matt Chester. The winning run came in the sixth, on an RBI double by Chester. He was 4-4 with two doubles, and C Ryan Pilgrim was 3-5 with a home run. LF Nic Lendvoy was 3-4 with two doubles. One of Lendvoy's doubles was a ground-rule double that could have been a home run.

Starter Ben Rue got the loss for the Cavaliers. The Birds out-hit the Cavaliers 17-4.

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Second game: The Thunderbirds got the winning runs in the fourth inning on a two-run home run by 1B Ryan Pilgrim (his second home run of the day). Kurtis Schumacher put in an excellent performance in relief, four hits and no runs in five innings of work. He should have gotten the win; the box score incorrectly gave it to starter Josh Brink. Concordia starter Zac Manor got the loss.

DH Fletcher Vynne was 2-3 with a grand slam double. 3B Sean Everest was 2-3. Andrew Lafleur got a save.

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Story from Concordia-Portland site: Pilgrim powers Thunderbirds past Concordia

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