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Mavs
Split Series with Neb.-Kearney, Sweep Saturday Doubleheader
(Game One: 3-7, Game Two: 13-5, Game Three: 11-10,
Game Four: 7-8)
(March 31, 2008)
Mesa
State baseball split a four game home series with visiting Neb.-Kearney
winning Saturday's doubleheader from the Lopers. MSC stands at 23-12
overall and 14-6 in RMAC action.
Friday
night in game one of the series the Lopers Ryan Sheldon pitched
a complete game for his fifth win of the year. Sheldon allowed three
runs on eight hits, striking out seven Mav batters. UNK never trailed
in the game scoring four runs in the fourth and three in the eighth
inning. MSC pulled to within two runs (2-4) in the sixth off a solo
homerun by pinch hitter Craig Lanzarotta and a run scored
by Andrew Martinez on a balk by Sheldon. UNK scored three
in the eighth and MSC one run in the bottom of the eighth, falling
7-3. Starter Chris Carma dropped to 5-2 on the year allowing
six runs on 10 hits in 7.1 innings.
In
game one of Saturday's doubleheader MSC scored 13 runs on 13 hits.
UNK scored all five of their runs in the third inning to tie the
game before MSC posted a four run fourth inning and added four more
runs in the sixth. Andrew Martinez went 4-for-4 while Matt
Miller and Grant Vickers combined for five hits, five
RBI and three runs. Jason Enewold earned his first win of
the year in relief for starter Aaron Guinn. Enewold
went 3.0 innings allowing one run on four hits and striking out
two batters.
MSC
scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning in game
two for an 11-10 win. UNK tied the game in the top of seventh scoring
two runs, one run on a wild pitch. In the Mavs bottom half Chris
Cassell scored the winning run on a error by the Lopers to complete
the Saturday sweep. The two teams combined for 21 runs, 25 hits
and seven errors. Brent Lamaster picked up the win (2-3).
Sunday's
game four of the series was an 11-inning affair which resulted in
an 8-7 UNK win. MSC scored a run in the eighth inning to tie the
game at seven. In the top half of the 11th the Lopers led off with
a single by Trey Howell who eventually scored the winning run two
batters later on a single up the middle by Joe Nowaczyk. UNK out
hit the Mavs 15-6 and five of the Lopers eight runs were unearned.
MSC
will travel to Colorado Mines this weekend for a four game series
beginning Friday.
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