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February 5, 2007 Tacoma, WA (February 4) – Saint Martin’s baseball lost two games to Pacific Lutheran University to open their 2007 season. The Lutes won the seven inning opener 3-2 and the second nine inning game 7-6. The Lutes scored the first two runs of the first game in the bottom of the third inning. Tyler Green scored on a balk and Roger Guzman came in on a double by Logan Andrews. The Saints put up two runs to tie it in the top of the fifth. Vince Maughan led of with a single up the middle and Maki Smith drew the walk. Craig Yuhas singled to load the bases. Nate Baker hit a ball to second, Yuhas was called out on visual interference but both runners were able to score. With the score still tied 2-2 PLU’s Justin Whitehall led off the bottom of the sixth inning with a home run to right field to put the Lutes back on top. Pat Capone and Tip Wonhoff combined for six innings and gave up only five hits. The Saints however were limited to only four hits by the pitching combo of Joe DiPietro and Brett Brunner. Wonhoff was tagged with the loss and Brunner picked up his first win. In the second game the Saints went up 2-1 in the top of the fourth on a two-run double by Adam Siler to score Yuhas and Smith. The Lutes regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth to take a 4-2 lead. The Saints gave up a hit and two walks to load the bases. Ryan Thorne singled to center to drive in Green with the tying run. Guzman scored on a bases loaded walk to Andrews and Simon came in when Whitehall grounded out to second. The Saints banged out four runs in the seventh. Shane Schoeneberg started the inning off with a single through the left side. Richard O’Neill then drew the walk. Curtis Thibault and Andy Cole had back-to-back RBI singles. With the bases loaded Baker hit a single through the left side to score two more runs and put the Saints up 6-4. Down by two going into the bottom of the eighth the Lutes started what would be a three run rally. Whitehall got the leadoff walk followed by a Chris Bowden single. With one out Green was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Whitehall scored on a sac fly to right field. Still trailing by one with two outs Guzman hit a double to left center to drive in the tying and go-ahead runs. Andrews, the Lutes sixth pitcher of the game, picked up the win. Scott Leshner was credited with the loss. Andrew Speer, who started for the Saints, went four innings giving up four runs. Nick Bolthouse gave up two runs in two plus innings. The Saints are back in action this Friday as they face Cal-State Monterey Bay in a four game weekend series.
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