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February 25, 2007 The Saints played four games on the final two days of the Guardian Plumbing, Heating and AC Tournament in Lewiston, ID posting a 1-3 record falling to host Lewis-Clark twice, Missouri Western once and defeating Western Oregon once. Saint Martin’s 0, Lewis-Clark 12 Lewis-Clark used two pitchers to shut out the Saints in a seven inning game on Friday afternoon. The Saints had five hits in the loss. The Warriors posted 17 hits on the day including three each by Beau Mills and Zach Evangelho. Mills had three double and also drove in five runs. Brett Efaw was tagged with the loss. Missouri Western 6, Saint Martin’s 5 The Saints led 5-3 after six innings but Missouri Western was able to put runs on the board in the seventh and again in the eight to tie the game and force extra innings. The Griffons loaded the bases in the top of the 10th on two singles and a walk. Then Pat Spellmeyer drew the walk to force in the winning run. The Saints were unable to put anything together in the bottom of the inning. Tip Wonhoff started on the mound for the Saints going a solid eight innings allowing just three earned runs. Maki Smith drove in two runs for the Saints. Nate Baker and Curtis Thibault each had two hits in the game. Western Oregon 4, Saint Martin’s 14 Baker hit a pair of home runs and drove in six runs to help power the Saints past the Wolves. Western Oregon score first going up 3-0 in the top of the third. The Saints got two on the board in the bottom of the inning and then posted a five spot in the fourth, including a two run triple by Adam Siler, to give the Saints a 7-3 lead. The Wolves tied the game with four runs in the sixth but Baker snapped the tie with a two run blast. He then keyed a five run eighth inning with a three run shot. Andrew Neisinger blanked the Wolves over the final three innings allowing just two hits to earn the save and secure the win for Pat Capone who allowed 10 hits and four earned runs through six innings. Saint Martin’s posted 14 hits on the day. Smith and Siler each had three hits while Andrew Salinas and Vince Maughan added two hits each. Lewis-Clark 11, Saint Martin’s 5 The Warriors posted nine runs through the first six innings forcing the Saints to play catch-up. Saint Martin’s posted four runs in the bottom of the sixth on a three run double by Thibault. Siler had a sacrifice fly to score the Saints final run in the ninth. The Warriors outhit the Saints 11-5. Catcher Jessie Mier went 5-5 in game with a double and four RBIs. Smith, Craig Yuhas, Siler, Salinas, and Thibault were o\the only Saints to get hits off of LCSC. Kevin Jones threw three innings for the Saints giving up three earned runs on three hits and was hit with the loss. The Warriors used six pitchers to stop the Saints. Starter Chris Schwinden picked up the win. The Saints head to Nampa, ID next weekend for their first conference games against Northwest Nazarene.
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