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March 27, 2007 Lacey, WA – Saint Martin’s used solid pitching and timely hitting to defeat Pacific Lutheran University, 9-7, Tuesday afternoon at Saints Field. The Saints scored first picking up two runs in the bottom of the first. After a single by Maki Smith and double by Nate Baker the two came around to score on groundouts by Adam Siler and Andrew Salinas. They added three more in the third on a bases clearing double by Richard O’Neill to score Smith, Baker and Siler. Pacific Lutheran picked up two runs in the fourth on singles by Geoff Gabler and Ben Shively. They added another in the top of the fifth only to see the Saints add two in the bottom half of the inning. The Lutes got two more in the sixth on a two RBI single to left center by Roger Guzman. The Saints answered back in the bottom of the sixth with two runs of their own. Smith led off the inning with a single to right. Nate Baker followed with a triple to right center, picking up the RBI. Two batters later, with the bases loaded for him again; O’Neill got a base hit to left to score Baker. The Lutes battled back in the seventh getting two runs on a double by Justin Whitehall. Tip Wonhoff came in to pitch the eighth and ninth innings for the Saints shutting down the Lute offense facing the minimum number of batters in both innings. O’Neill was 4-5 on the day with four RBIs while Baker went 2-3 with a triple, double, and two walks. Smith added two hits while Curtis Thibault, Vince Maughan, and Jacob Orosco each had one. Andrew Speer picked up the win for the Saints allowing two earned runs. Jeff Caley was tagged with the loss for the Lutes. The Saints will face Central Washington University in conference action this Saturday in a doubleheader at SMU.
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