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October 16, 2006 Another annual Saints World Series took place this past week as the SMU baseball team wrapped up “fall ball.” “Overall I was very pleased with everything. The pitching staff did a good job; they went out and threw the ball well. The position guys hit the ball hard; they had a lot of solid hits throughout the series,” said head coach Joe Dominiak. “Everybody contributed, which was the real positive outcome of this World Series.” Game 1 of the series went to the Black team by a score of 10-4. The offensive attack started early as the Black team scored three runs off of starter Andrew Speer in the first and two in the second. Tip Wonhoff went for the Black team going six innings and giving up only two runs on eight hits. With two outs in the first, Nate Baker and Adam Siler got on with singles and scored on a base hit by Sean Dougherty. The Red team answered with two runs in the third when Craig Yuhas scored on a double by Shane Schoeneberg. Schoeneberg came in on a single by Richard O’Neill. Andrew Salinas led the Red team going 4-4 with three singles and a two-run home run in the seventh. Adam Siler went 4-4 with two singles and two doubles and Curtis Thibault went 3-5. Randy Fox and Nick Bronowski came in to close out the game for the Black team. Michael Shelstad, Andrew Neisinger and Scott Leshner gave up a combined four runs on 11 hits through the final five innings. In game 2, Nick Bolthouse started for the Black team while Pat Capone started for the Red team. Bolthouse went four innings giving up six runs on seven hits. Capone also pitched four innings and gave up four runs on only five hits. Brett Efaw threw three scoreless innings for the Red team to finish out the game, only allowing one hit. The Red team went on to win 10-4. Maki Smith scored the first run for the Black team in the top of the first but the Red answered with a run in the bottom of the inning when Tanner Gronowski walked, stole second and scored on a double by Shane Schoeneberg. With the Black team up 4-3 going into the bottom of the fifth, the Red team went on a tear scoring seven runs on four hits, three walks and two hit batsmen. Schoeneberg went 3-4 in the game with 3 RBIs on 2 doubles and a single. The offense for the Black team came in the form of five singles; one from Smith, one from Dougherty, one from Andy Cole, two from Mickey Letofsky. In game 3 the Black team sent Wonhoff back to the mound while the Red team turned to Kevin Jones. The Red team had a tough start using two pitchers in the first inning alone and giving up seven runs on six walks and only two hits. Every batter that walked in the inning came around to score. Josh Long came in and threw a scoreless second and third but got into some trouble in the fourth giving up three runs on three hits. Leshner came in and got Ryan Brilhante to strike out to end the inning. Wonhoff pitched three innings allowing only one run on three hits. Bronowski threw three scoreless innings and Anthony Andrews finished off the game, throwing a one hit seventh. The Red team scattered five hits including rips by Andrew Salinas, Matt Marcoe, Seth Salinas, and two by Gronowski. Nate Baker led the Black team going 2-3 with a single, double and a walk. The Black team won 10-1 and took a 2-1 series lead. With key pitching and timely hitting in game 4 the Black team nailed down the game and series win. Nick Bolthouse, Randy Fox and Andrews combined for a three hit shutout in what would be the final game of the series. Speer, Shelstad, and Efaw threw for the Red team and gave up a total four runs in six hits. The Black team put up two runs in the bottom of the first. Andy Cole reached on an error, Baker hit a double and advanced to second on the throw home and Siler hit a sacrifice fly to score Baker. Jake Gamble and Smith both scored in the fifth. The Red teams’ only hits came off of Ty Kuhel, Yuhas and Gronowski; all were singles. “We’d like to build on what we had in the series and go from there. The past few years it’s been three games and it’s over; this one was different. They were good games and the momentum could have gone either way. If that kind of play is what we have to look forward to, I’m excited to get back to work and start the season,” said Dominiak.
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