{"id":7610,"date":"2018-04-25T20:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T04:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=7610"},"modified":"2018-04-25T20:50:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T04:50:30","slug":"baseball-records-26-hits-demolishes-saints-22-4-for-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/baseball-records-26-hits-demolishes-saints-22-4-for-sweep\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball records 26 hits, demolishes Saints 22-4 for sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Simson Garcia | Sports Editor<\/span><\/p>\n

Twelve straight runs by Western\u2019s baseball team provided the starting point for the four game sweep against St. Martin\u2019s from April 21-22. The runs created enough separation from St. Martin\u2019s, as the visiting team went down, 12-4 in game one. <\/span><\/p>\n

The first game set the tone for the rest of the series as scores by first-year left fielder Griffey Halle and senior infielder Jay Leverett would come again in later games. Sophomore first baseman Connor McCord hit a three-shot homer to close game one. <\/span><\/p>\n

Western\u2019s fielding suffocated the Saints so they could not make much of a difference in base running through seven innings. Seven strikeouts were earned by sophomore pitcher Alex Roth for his fourth win. Roth has not lost a game in his pitching campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Wolves almost faltered in the first inning of game two in part to a two-shot from Saints\u2019s first baseman Adam Eskil that ran in right fielder Austin Feist. Ground was eventually made up by senior center fielder Cody Dykstra\u2019s two run-in\u2019s. McCord and Halle returned to home plate to retake command at 5-2. The duo of Eskil and Feist returned to tie the scoreboard at 5-5 but it was Wolves senior pinch hitter Spencer Bennion\u2019s game saving walk-off single passed the left infield that prevailed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Western turned the table completely in game three with 22 runs by the Wolves \u2014 the most since they recorded 23 against San Francisco State in 2004. A nine-run fourth inning was part of 17 runs, up until that point. Twenty-six hits tied a team-record and the team hit and scored in every way possible and from every player available. A double, triple, homer, a hit-by-pitch \u2014 even a balk by a St. Martin\u2019s pitcher \u2014 provided the win. In all, 13 different players on the roster scored.<\/span><\/p>\n

Almost letting game four go and down 6-1 in the third, the home team kept their composure and stopped the Saints from adding to their score. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the fifth inning, Halle\u2019s 2-RBI double tied it, and scored himself afterwards off of Dykstra\u2019s double.<\/span><\/p>\n

Senior outfielder Jacob Martinez\u2019s single in to Dykstra put a cap on the series. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now, at 19-12 in the GNAC, the team\u2019s run of four straight has come at a turning point in the season. Just ahead of them, and atop the conference, is Montana State-Billings, who recently have won six straight. Four games were forfeited versus Montana earlier in the season because of location difficulties and could mean the difference in seeding for the playoffs. <\/span><\/p>\n

Western continues a six game home stand starting with Lewis & Clark State college on April 25. They hit the diamond at 2 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact the author at journalsports@wou.edu<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Photo by: Paul F. Davis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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