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Friday: Corban 4, Concordia-Portland 1 WP: Jordan Emery, LP: Bryan Goff.
Corban 5, Concordia 2 WP: Jason Braun, LP: Kyle Corwin. Story from Corban site: Playoff hopes still alive thanks to outstanding pitching

Saturday: Lewis-Clark State 7, Linfield 6 (14 innings) WP: Chris Kissock, LP: Reese McCully. Beau Mills batted in the winning run. Kissock got the win by pitching the top of the 14th. McCully went the last five innings, held the Warriors to five hits.

Sunday: Concordia-Portland 6, Corban 5 Concordia clinches the final playoff spot on the last day of the regular season. WP: Jason Grisham, LP: Scott Fitchett. Fitchett pitched a complete game.
Concordia-Portland 2, Corban 1 WP: Ryan Preston, LP: Brandon Wolters. The Cavaliers scored the winning run in the top of the ninth.
Lewis-Clark State 15, Linfield 3 WP: Chris Schwinden, LP: Cameron Larson. The Warriors scored ten runs in the first inning. Beau Mills hit two home runs, and now has 30.

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Joe Guntz completed the shutout for the Warriors, allowing two hits in three innings.

UBC's offensive highlight was a double by Nic Lendvoy. The Thunderbirds were saving their pitchers for Albertson this weekend. Doug Grant got the loss, but it was the result of one run given up in one inning of work. The other members of the pitching committee were Mark Hardy, Ben Hoekstra, Ben Millar, Scott Webster, and Brett Murray. Murray pitched two perfect innings. Hoekstra gave up the Mills grand slam. Millar improved over his first appearance last weekend, but still allowed three hits and walked three in an inning of work.

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Story from Lewis-Clark State site: Mills homers again as Warriors thump UBC 13-0

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The Thunderbirds led 5-2 after five innings, the result of a two-RBI single by Scott Webster, RBI singles by Brett Murray and Mike Styrna, and a bunt single by Sammie Starr, as well as a good pitching performance by Kurtis Schumacher, who started, and allowed only two hits.

The Warriors took the lead in the sixth on RBI singles by Beau Mills, Paul Martin, and Jessie Mier, and a passed ball. (Mills had three hits on the evening, so his cold streak against the Thunderbirds is officially over.) They got four more in the seventh, and things really came off the wheels in the eighth.

Mier hit a home run for the Warriors in the early going. Mike Miller got the start for the Warriors, and Brian Schwarzenbach got the win.

Also pitching for the Thunderbirds were Andrew LaFleur, Webster, and Ben Hoekstra. Webster got hammered, and Hoekstra got really hammered, but he was hurt by a couple of errors.

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Story from Lewis-Clark State site: LCSC bounces back with 17-6 win

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Because of the series against Albertson this weekend, this game was pitched by committee, as was UBC's win in March. Mark Hardy did the first three innings, Greg Chong the fourth, Doug Grant the fifth and sixth, Brendan Rolfe the seventh and eighth, and Brett Murray the ninth.

Murray made one of the big plays of the game. Mark Thompson opened the inning with a hit, but Murray picked him off. He walked the next batter. Beau Mills finally managed a hit against the Thunderbirds, to put the winning run at first. However, the Thundebirds then got their second double play of the game to end it.

Fourth inning play at plate. Photo by Logan Fowler.

The only other scoring chance of the game came in the fourth inning. Brendan Kornberger was hit by a pitch, and Zack Ross came in to courtesy-run for him. Webster drew a walk to move him to second. Nic Lendvoy got a hit, but Brent Wyatt threw a strike from center field to Warrior catcher Jessie Mier, and Ross was tagged out at home.

Kissock went eight innings, struck out at nine, and the only bad pitch he threw was the one that Webster hit out of the park.

Nic Lendvoy had a double and a single for the Thunderbirds. It only took a hour and 45 minutes to play this game. Both teams had five hits and no errors.

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Story from Lewis-Clark State site: UBC ends Warriors' Win Streak at 16

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The Owls started to pull away with five runs in the fourth inning on a passed ball, an RBI single by Quinn Hummel, a sacrifice fly by Sean Teaters, an RBI double by Kenny Simmons, and an RBI single by John Tapia. They got another run in the fifth on a home run by Chris Curtis, then four more in the sixth on RBI singles by Simmons, Tapia, Marcus James, and a run walked in. They got five more in the seventh.

UBC's remaining runs came on a triple by Jon Syrnyk, who came in on a passed ball in the first, and hits by Nic Lendvoy and Fletcher Vynne in the seventh.

Kyle Koontz started for the Owls, went seven innings, allowed five runs, and got the win. Kevin Huntley got a save. Andrew LaFleur got the loss; he allowed five runs on six hits in five innings. The bulk of Oregon Tech's runs came off Kurtis Schumacher, Scott Webster, And Jordan Anderson. Mark Hardy pitched a perfect eighth inning.

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Second game: Hustlin' Owls Coach Pete Whislers gave several of his pitchers a chance to be position players. The result was, Kyle Koontz, getting his first turns at bat this year, went 3-3 with a double; he also drew a walk. Ryan Henry also got a hit.

Marcus James got the win for the Owls. Ben Hoekstra, who started, got the loss. Brett Murray, Ben Millar, Jordan Anderson, Greg Chong, and Kurtis Schumacher also pitched for the Thunderbirds. The Owls did a substantial amount of damage to Millar, who made his first appearance of the season; five runs on four hits in 1/3 of an inning. The six pitchers didn't get a single strikeout. Sammie Starr was 2-4.

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Curtis was 5-6 for the day.

Story from Klamath Falls Herald and News: Owls outscore British Columbia

Story from Oregon Tech site: Koontz Leads Tech Sweep of British Columbia

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The first of two big plays for the Hustlin' Owls was a three-run double by Quinn Hummel in the third inning. The second big play came in the top of the sixth. The leadoff batter, Matt Chester, got on. A bunt attempt by pinch-hitter Sean Everest was popped up, and turned into a double play.

Jon Syrnyk hit a triple in the third inning, and holds the school record for triples in a season with six. He came in on an RBI single by Brendan Kornberger. Kornberger got another RBI on a double in the fifth. Another UBC run came from an RBI double by Nic Lendvoy. The Hustlin' Owls' other runs came on an RBI triple by Chris Curtis, an RBI double by Sean Teaters, and an RBI single by John Tapia. Casey Burton got the win for the Hustlin' Owls.

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Second game: The Thunderbirds got six runs in the top of the fourth, all with two outs. Three of the runs came on a bases-loaded triple by Ted Wilkie.

Sammie Starr and Tyler Willson each had three hits and Brett Murray drove in four runs.

Brendan Rolfe started, went five innings, and ran his record to 6-0. Josh Strom took the loss for the Owls.

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Story from UBC Athletics site: UBC splits with Owls

Story from Oregon Tech site: Owls Garner Split with British Columbia

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