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April 20, 2008 Billings, MT – Saint Martin’s used a solid offensive attack to take game one against Montana State Billings 14-13 and timely hitting to earn the 8-4 victory in game two Saturday at Pirtz Field. In the opener, the Saints put up four runs in the second on three hits but Billings scored three in the bottom half of the inning to take a 5-4 lead. SMU tied it in the fourth as Shane Schoeneberg led off the inning with a triple and scored on a single by Tom Barlow. They would add two more runs in the fifth and sixth to take a 10-7 lead into the ninth. In their half of the inning Saint Martin’s loaded the bases on consecutive walks to Schoeneberg, Barlow and Nate Baker. Brandon Kuykendall then hit a bases clearing double and scored on a groundout by Craig Yuhas, giving SMU a 14-7 lead. MSUB, however, used two hits, two walks, a hit batter and two errors to score six runs in the bottom of the ninth before the Saints were able to put a cap on the game. Luke Abbott led the Saints at the plate going 4 for 4 with two RBI. Kuykendall, Yuhas, Michael McIver, and Corey Grayson had two hits apiece. Yuhas had the game’s lone homerun. In the second game the Saints snapped a 4-4 tie with four runs in the top of the seventh. Kuykendall singled to score Baker then came around to score on a single by Yuhas. McIver then homered to right center to tack on two more runs. McIver led the SMU with two hits and was one of three Saints to drive in two runs, along with Schoeneberg and Abbott. Nick Bolthouse tallied his fourth win allowing seven hits and three earned in six innings of work. The Saints’ twinbill against the Yellowjackets scheduled for Sunday was cancelled due to snow.
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