McMINNVILLE, Ore. - The Whitman College baseball team capped a brilliant weekend of pitching and hitting performances, sweeping a doubleheader against Alfred State on Saturday afternoon. The Blues (9-6) twice shutout the Pioneers with a 7-0 game one win and a 12-0 victory in the nightcap.
Whitman 7 Alfred State 0
The opener saw a sensational performance on the bump from Mateus Conaway (2-2). He delivered a complete-game shutout while scattering six hits and striking out a season-high 11 batters. Matoon (0-1) tossed seven innings while allowing six runs on nine hits with six strikeouts.
Conaway's dominance was more than enough for the Blues who saw excellent hitting performances from Jack Bickerton (2 H, 2 R, 1 RBI) and Sam Mieszkowski-Lapping (2 H, 1 R, 3 RBI). Garrett Runyan and Brandon Ting both recorded hits with Runyan driving home a run and Ting scoring one. Nate Korahais added a hit, a run and an RBI.
Conaway pitched to the minimum through four innings during which time Whitman scored six of its seven runs. The Blues got on the board with a run in the first after Bickerton hit a leadoff double then later scored. One inning later, both he and Mieszkowski-Lapping blasted solo homers to put Whitman up 3-0.Â
The third inning saw run-scoring doubles from both Mieszkowski-Lapping and Korahais, and a leadoff double from Ting as the Blues plated three runs to take a 6-0 lead.
Conaway took care of the rest and cruised through the Pioneer order.
Whitman 12 Alfred State 0
The nightcap saw Whitman break the game wide open with an eight-run sixth inning. Already up 3-0, the Blues had the bases loaded with one out in the sixth. Bickerton (1 H, 1 R, 3 RBI) came to the plate and cleared the bases with a double to put Whitman up half a dozen.Â
The inning wasn't done however. Kinney (1-2), who suffered the loss after allowing five earned runs in five and one-third innings, walked Beck Maguire (1 H, 2 R) and was lifted for Slawson who gave up a two-run double to Runyan (3 H, 2 R, 4 RBI). Halen Otte (1 H, 1 R, 2 RBI) later doubled home another pair of runs and the rout was on.
Meanwhile, Jack Hostetler (1-1) was dealing on the mound for the Blues. He worked seven scoreless innings and allowed only two hits and struck out seven hitters. Billy Wall struck out the side in the eighth and Wyatt Adams closed the door with a perfect ninth.
Whitman returns home this weekend to resume Northwest Conference play. The Blues host Pacific for a three game series beginning with a Saturday, March 23 doubleheader set to start at 12:00 p.m.
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