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Jerick Nomura
7
Winner Whitworth WHITWORT 3-1
4
Whitman WHITMAN 0-5
Winner
Whitworth WHITWORT
3-1
7
Final
4
Whitman WHITMAN
0-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Whitworth WHITWORT 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 8 3
Whitman WHITMAN 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 6 0

W: A. Rice (1-0) L: Craven, Travis (0-1) S: B. Thomas (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Falls To Whitworth In NWC Round Robin Opener

HILLSBORO, Ore. - The Whitman College baseball team went looking for its first win of the young season but couldn't find it this morning, falling 7-4 to Whitworth in the team's opener of the NWC Round Robin held at Ron Tonkin Field.

Travis Craven (0-2) suffered the loss for the Blues (0-5), tossing five and one-third innings before being lifted for Colin Anderson. He gave up six runs on five hits while posting six strikeouts. Austin Rice threw five complete innings for the win, allowing two runs on five hits with five strikeouts.

The top five of the Whitman order provided most of the offense. Matthew Sox led the Blues with two hits, one run and one RBI and Ben Parker added a double and an RBI.

The Bucs manufactured three runs over the first three innings, two coming in the first off a pair of sacrifice fly outs. The Blues navigated their way back into the game with runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Sox opened the bottom of the fourth with a base hit, then later capitalized on a Pirate throwing error to cross home plate.

Luke Bruno (2 H, 1 R, 3 RBI) provided the sparks for Whitworth (3-1) in the sixth inning. With the Bucs holding a one-run lead, Liam Fitzpatrick (1 H, 1 R, 2 RBI) and Jaxsen Sweum singled to open the inning before Craven fanned Grayson O'Neil for the first out. Bruno then unleashed a homerun over the left field fence to put his team up 6-2. With Colin Anderson on to pitch for the Blues, Whitworth added one more run in the inning to go up by five.

Whitman added a run one inning later and, despite enduring Whitworth's four-run sixth, plated two runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning to remain in the hunt. Teague Conder and Jerick Nomura (1 H, 1 R) both scored to make it a 7-4 ball game.

The Blues put runners in scoring position in both the seventh and eighth innings, but came up empty against Whitworth relief pitching.

The Blues continue play this evening when they square off against Lewis & Clark at 5:00 p.m.
 
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