2008 Woodie Awards
UPS goes 6-1 over NWC opponents
Will Holden
Issue date: 3/23/07 Section: Sports
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Over the break the Loggers were able to continue their impressive NWC play, going 6-1 against Pacific and Lewis and Clark.
UPS was able to put together a another three-game sweep, this time of the Boxers.
In the first game, the Boxers scored the games first run in the bottom of the first. Gregorio Beck evened things up in the fourth inning, singling to right field to score Tim Steggall and tie things up at one run apiece. The Boxers added another run in the fifth inning to take a 2-1 lead. In the top of the ninth, Sean Bayha scored when Shaun Kiriu reached base on an error and then the Loggers got the go-ahead run when Michael Olsen grounded out to second base to score Austin Kuehn. Zach Green picked up the win while Ryan Gustafson was awarded the save after pitching no-hit ball in the ninth inning.
In the second game, Pacific put three runs on the board in the second inning to jump out to the early lead. Olsen scored Kiriu in the second inning to pull the Loggers closer but the Boxers added two more in the fourth to hold a 5-1 lead. Olsen again scored Kiriu in the fifth inning to bring the score to 5-2 and a four-run seventh inning gave Puget Sound a 6-5 lead. Olsen picked up his third RBI of the game in the eighth inning to give the Loggers their eventual 7-5 win. After picking up the save in game one, Gustafson picked up the win and captured his second consecutive complete game.
The Loggers took the lead in the fifth inning when Sean Bayha singled in Tim Steggall and then Joe Newland singled to score Shaun Kiriu as Puget Sound took the 2-0 lead. UPS went on the offensive again in the sixth inning, scoring three runs on four hits to push the advantage to 5-0. The Loggers got their sixth run in the eighth inning when Tanner Webber singled in Kiriu.
The Boxers went on a late run, scoring two runs in the eighth and a single run in the ninth but it wasn't enough to prevent the Loggers from picking up the series sweep, 6-3.
UPS was able to put together a another three-game sweep, this time of the Boxers.
In the first game, the Boxers scored the games first run in the bottom of the first. Gregorio Beck evened things up in the fourth inning, singling to right field to score Tim Steggall and tie things up at one run apiece. The Boxers added another run in the fifth inning to take a 2-1 lead. In the top of the ninth, Sean Bayha scored when Shaun Kiriu reached base on an error and then the Loggers got the go-ahead run when Michael Olsen grounded out to second base to score Austin Kuehn. Zach Green picked up the win while Ryan Gustafson was awarded the save after pitching no-hit ball in the ninth inning.
In the second game, Pacific put three runs on the board in the second inning to jump out to the early lead. Olsen scored Kiriu in the second inning to pull the Loggers closer but the Boxers added two more in the fourth to hold a 5-1 lead. Olsen again scored Kiriu in the fifth inning to bring the score to 5-2 and a four-run seventh inning gave Puget Sound a 6-5 lead. Olsen picked up his third RBI of the game in the eighth inning to give the Loggers their eventual 7-5 win. After picking up the save in game one, Gustafson picked up the win and captured his second consecutive complete game.
The Loggers took the lead in the fifth inning when Sean Bayha singled in Tim Steggall and then Joe Newland singled to score Shaun Kiriu as Puget Sound took the 2-0 lead. UPS went on the offensive again in the sixth inning, scoring three runs on four hits to push the advantage to 5-0. The Loggers got their sixth run in the eighth inning when Tanner Webber singled in Kiriu.
The Boxers went on a late run, scoring two runs in the eighth and a single run in the ninth but it wasn't enough to prevent the Loggers from picking up the series sweep, 6-3.
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