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March 25, 2008 Monmouth, OR – After a rainout on Sunday, Saint Martin’s wrapped up their four game series against Western Oregon University Monday falling 9-4 and 9-1, after losing 11-5 and 5-3 on Saturday at the WOU Baseball Field. In game one Saint Martin’s picked up two runs the top of the fourth on an RBI triple by Brandon Kuykendall followed by a RBI ground out by Craig Yuhas to take the 2-1 lead. Western Oregon answered back with a three spot in the bottom half of the inning highlighted by a two-run homerun to left by Tyler Moore. SMU would regain the lead on singles by Kuykendall and Luke Abbott and a double by Yuhas but the Wolves would again do damage in their half of the inning. They scored six runs on three hits and three costly Saint errors. Mike Eisenhauer allowed just two hits over the final three innings to pick up the complete game win. Andrew Neisinger was tagged with the loss for SMU. Nate Baker led the Saints with three hits while scoring twice. Shane Schoeneberg, Kuykendall, and Abbott had two hits apiece. Saint Martin’s again took the early lead in game two plating two runs in the top of the third. Schoeneberg led off the inning with a double down the right field line and scored on a triple to right center by Andy Cole. Cole would come in to score on a RBI ground out by Baker. The Wolves quickly captured the lead with for runs in the bottom of the third on four singles, one double and a sacrifice fly. They would tack on an insurance run in the as Drew Humphrey singled in a run. SMU added one more in the seventh on a sacrifice fly from Cole but that was as close as they would get. Schoeneberg had three hits for the Saints including two doubles and a single. Andrew Braegelmann was the only other Saint with more than one hit in the game. Pat Capone, who threw all six innings for the Saints, took the loss. Game three saw WOU jump out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first as Humphrey and Tyson Nelson both singled through the left side to drive in runs. They would pick up another run in the third and three more in the fourth to go up 6-0. Saint Martin’s got their first run in the fifth when Kuykendall walked then came around to score on a Yuhas single. Down 9-1 in the ninth SMU tried to rally. After Baker walked the Saints strung together four consecutive singles from Kuykendall, Yuhas, Abbott, and Tom Barlow to pick up three runs. But after a pitching change the Wolves were able to get a double play to end the game. Yuhas had three singles and two runs batted in for the Saints. WOU was led by Humphrey who was 5 for 5 with five RBI. Scott Leshner was hit with the loss. Western Oregon pounded out four runs on four hits in the first and five runs on five hits in the second inning of game four coupled with three SMU errors to take the commanding 9-0 lead. The Wolves were shut down the rest of the way as they picked up just one hit throughout the duration of the game. SMU was unable to find their offensive groove as WOU pitching allowed just five hits in the game. The Saints got their lone run in the fourth as Cole led off the inning with a triple and scored on a groundout. Western Oregon starter Ryan Smith threw four innings an allowed just three hits while striking out one and walking one to earn the win. Nick Bolthouse, who picked up the loss, allowed just two earned runs in 1 1/3 innings of work. Saint Martin’s, now 12-11 overall and 8-7 in the GNAC, will take on the University of Hawaii Hilo this week in a non-conference four game series at Saints Field scheduled to start on Thursday.
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