KEIZER, Ore. – After trying twice earlier in the season to play, the George Fox University Bruins and the Corban University Warriors finally got their non-conference baseball game in Tuesday evening here at Volcanoes Stadium, with the Bruins' offensive woes continuing in a 7-1 rain-soaked setback at the hands of the Warriors.

Corban jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the 1st against George Fox tarter Taylor Hill (2-3),the first of seven Bruin pitchers.  Jordan Johansen reached on a slow roller to third and Kyle Kunkel was safe when Hill stumbled fielding his sacrifice bunt.  Colby Sokol dumped an RBI single down the left-field line, and after Cody Atkinson bunted for a hit to load the bases, Steven Blum delivered a two-run single.

After going scoreless for two innings against Corban's Justin White (7-3), the Bruins got their only run in the 3rd against Jacob Kopra.  Danny Clifford stroked a one-out single to center, stole second and kept going to third on a passed ball on the same pitch, and scored on a Nick Benish single to left.

Rain began to fall in the last of the 3rd and remained steady for a couple of innings, though never hard enough to stop the game.  The precipitation lightened up considerably in the 6th and the game went on.

Corban added two more in the 5th off Eric Kittelson.  Blum doubled to left with two out, advanced on a wild pitch, and after Lance Foster walked, scored on a double steal with pinch runner Andy Hill.  In the 7th, Blum drilled his third double of the game to right, moved up on a balk by Bobby Orozco, and after former Bruin Peter Martin drew a walk, scored on Tyler Atkinson's single up the middle off the glove of shortstop Zach Hegelmeyer.  Alex Bost followed with a double to left-center to score Martin for the final run of the game.

Clifford and Todd Nagamine had two hits apiece for the Bruins, who had eight hits in all and have now scored just one run in four of their last five games.  Blum had a 4-for-4 game and Sokol had a pair of hits for the Warriors, who had 13 base knocks in all.

NEXT:  George Fox (15-16) returns to Northwest Conference action with a three-game set this weekend at Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, Wash.  The Bruins and Lutes will play a doubleheader Saturday and a single on Sunday, starting at 12: 00 noon both days. ... Corban (19-14) hosts Pacific University at Volcanoes Stadium in a non-league game Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.