Box Score Game 1

Box Score Game 2 

NEWBERG, Ore. – Maintaining the hold they have on first place in the Northwest Conference, the George Fox University Bruins escaped any weather-related problems as well as the Lewis & Clark College Pioneers in sweeping a baseball doubleheader 11-2 and 13-7 Saturday afternoon here at Morse Field.

The Bruins stretched their winning streak to seven as they improved to 9-3 overall and 6-0 in the conference.  The Pioneers fell to 1-9 overall and 1-5 in league play.

In the opener, the Bruins banged out 15 hits, nine in the first two innings while scoring eight times, to back the complete-game pitching of righthander Nick Bratney (2-1). The senior scattered 10 hits, only once retiring the side in order but pitching out of most jams he got into.  The only runs he allowed came on a two-run double by Sam Morgan in the 5th that scored Sam Holman and Parker Dave, but both were unearned due to a Bruin error that prolonged the inning.  He fanned two and walked one.

The Bruins jumped on Pioneer ace Alex St. Pierre (1-1) in the 1st, collecting six hits to score four times.  Dan Winterstein singled in Kyle Kuenzi with the first run, Seth Anderson drove in Bo Thnell and Pat Bailey with a single, and Winterstein scored on a hit by Taylor Hunter.  The Bruins added four more in the 2nd, the big blow a three-run home run to left by Bailey, his fourth of the season,and Anderson delivered Winterstein with a sacrifice fly. 

Brent Trask and Hunter walked to lead off the 5th and each later scored on infield grounders that made it 10-2, and the Bruins added a final run in the 8th on singles by Anderson, Trask, and Hunter.

Winterstein and Anderson each had three hits for George Fox, Anderson driving in three, while Matt Wyckoff and Trask had two safeties apiece.  Dane was the only Pioneer with two hits.

In the nightcap, righthander Shane Dalgleish (4-0) settled down after a shaky first two innings in which he allowed four runs to complete six innings and pick up the win.  The only run he allowed from the 3rd through 6th innings was a solo home run by Jordan Wlodarczyk, his first of the season, in the 5th.  The Bruin senior starter spaced seven hits while allowing five runs, four earned, with two strikeouts and three walks.

The Pios picked up an unearned run in the 1st on a single by Dame, two Bruin errors, and a sacrifice fly by Wlodarczyk, but the Bruins got two in the home half, Winterstein doubling home Kuenzi and Thunell who had both drawn walks. 

The visitors regained the lead in the 2nd as Kevin Condon singled in Ryan Kostecka, Tucker Laurence scored on a force out by Dane, and Holman scored on a double steal with Dane.  Back came the Bruins in the bottom of the frame as Wyckoff jumped all over a 3-2 curve ball from L&C righty David La Douceur (0-4)  and sent it over the right-center fence for a go-ahead three-run blast, his first of the year.

The Bruins added three more in the 3rd, Winterstein scoring the first run on a wild throw to third on Michael Woo's attempted sacrifice.  With runners at second and third, Hunter laid down a squeeze bunt up the first-base line to score Anderson, and Woo, never slowing down, also scored on the play for a rare two-RBI sacrifice bunt. 

Bailey scored an unearned run in the 4th, then the Bruins salted the game away with three in the 7th and another in the 8th.  In the 7th, Thunell hit a sacrifice fly, Bailey hit an RBI double, and Winterstein signled in his third run of the game.  Kuenzi scored on a wild pitch in the 8th.

Wlodarczyk picked up his third RBI of the game with a double in the 7th and scored the Pios' final run in the 9th on a double by Roland Greene.  The Pios actually out-hit the Bruins 14-13, with Condon gathering three hits and Wlodarczyk, A.J. Brown, and Holman two apiece. 

Winterstein led the Bruins at the plate with a 4-for-5 game and three RBIs, finishing 7-for-10 in the twinbill.  Bailey had three hits and Wyckoff two.  Kuenzi drew four walks, scored four times, and tied the Bruin record for steals in a game with four.  The Bruins had eight stolen bases collectively in the game.

The teams will conclude their four-game series with a pair of seven-inning contests Sunday at 12:00 noon.