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May 6, 2007 Lacey, WA – Western Oregon University put together two late rallies to beat Saint Martin’s 6-1 in game one and 3-1 in game two in the final games of the season. The Saints picked up their only run of game one in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Shane Schoeneberg to score Maki Smith. Nick Bolthouse started on the mound for the Saints holding the Wolves scoreless through seven. With one out, Coubi Jiles walked, stole second and came around to score on a single down the left field line by Brent Mertens. Andrew Neisinger was brought in the relieve Bolthouse and the Wolves proceeded to go on a tear. Neisinger faced just five batters and gave up five runs on four hits before giving way to Andrew Speer who closed out the inning. Bolthouse allowed just two earned runs but was tagged with the loss. Dan Straily earned the victory throwing seven innings and holding the Saints to just four hits. Vince Maughan had two of the Saints’ hits while Nate Baker and Mickey Letofsky each had one. The Saint bats struggled again in game two as SMU only got three hits off of Western Oregon starter Mike Cusick. Cusick threw all seven innings and walked just one while striking out five. Randy Fox was hit with his first loss of the season. Western Oregon took the early lead with one run in the second on a sacrifice fly by Aaron Sutton. SMU tied things up in the four when Siler doubled to left center and scored on a double by Richard O’Neill. The Wolves were able to get the go ahead run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Joe McCormick; they added an insurance run in the seventh. O’Neill had two of the Saints’ hits with two doubles. Siler accounted for the only other hit. The Saints wrap up their season with an 18-30 overall record and a 10-14 in conference play.
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