Lewis-Clark State is hosting an Opening Round bracket, and Oregon Tech is one of the guests. British Columbia is playing in Hattiesburg, MS.
Oregon Tech 4, Dickinson State 2 at Lewiston, ID. Tim Williams pitched eight innings for the Hustlin’ Owls, allowed two runs on three hits, struck out four. The Owls took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning with a two-RBI double by Korrey Siracusa. The Blue Hawks tied it in the top of the third with a two-run home run by Cameron Erickson. However, they got only three more hits the rest of the way. Garrett Smith led off the top of the fourth inning with a home run for the winning run. The insurance run didn’t come until the eighth inning; Keanu Mizuta hit an RBI double. Kaden Melzer pitched the top of the ninth for the Owls, allowed one hit.
Siracusa and Dane Bradshaw both finished 2-for-4. Jacob Scully went the distance for the Blue Hawks, allowed eight hits and only two earned runs, struck out two. box score
Mitchell Middlemiss – photo by Vamsi Nadella
British Columbia 7, Oklahoma Wesleyan 3 at Hattiesburg, MS. The Thunderbirds scored four runs in the top of the first inning, starting with an RBI on a ground out by Aaron Marsh. Mitchell Middlemiss hit a two-RBI triple, and then scored the winning run on a passed ball. They extended the lead to 6-0 in the top of the sixth with a two-RBI single by Kaden Zarowny before the Eagles got on the board with a two-RBI pinch-hit single by Edinson Renteria. Connor Hickey hit a home run for the Eagles in the bottom of the seventh, and Jonny McGill hit a solo home run for the Thunderbirds in the top of the ninth.
Middlemiss killed it. He finished 5-for-5 with the triple, two doubles, and four RBI. The RBI double he hit in the ninth inning was six feet short of a home run that would have given him the cycle.
Will Anderson started for the Thunderbirds, pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowed two runs on eight hits, struck out three, got the win. James Brock went the rest of the way, and allowed only one hit, the home run by Hickey. He struck out two, got a save. Eagle starter Evan Foor got the loss; he pitched eight innings, allowed six earned runs on twelve hits, struck out five, threw 117 pitches. McGill, Trent Lenihan, and Zarowny each had two hits for the Thunderbirds. Hickey and Chase Pinheiro each had two hits for the Eagles. box score recap
The next game for the Thunderbirds is against Indiana U. Southeast at 4 PM PDT.
Evan Canfield
Lewis-Clark State 9, Wayland Baptist 1 at Lewiston, ID. Evan Canfield and Jace Taylor combined to limit the Pioneers to three hits. Canfield pitched six innings, allowed two hits (one of them a home run by Sinclair Pimentel), struck out seven. Taylor went the rest of the way, allowed one hit, struck out six, got a save.
The Warriors got on the board in the top of the first inning with Brandon Cabrera drawing a bases-loaded walk. They got the winning run in the second with an RBI single by Charlie Updegrave. They got two runs in the third on an RBI single by Izzy Madariaga and a sacrifice fly by Bulla Ephan. Dominic Signorelli hit a solo home run in the fifth, Jack Sheward hit a two-run home run in the sixth, followed by a solo home run by Jakob Marquez, and Signorelli hit an RBI double in the eighth to complete the scoring.
Signorelli finished 4-for-5 with two RBI. Ike George, Madariaga, and Updegrave each had two hits. Pioneer starter Tyson Potts got the loss. box score recap
Trey Seeley – photo by Liza Rosales
Hope International 3, Oregon Tech 2. A good effort by the Hustlin’ Owls, but they were out-hit 13-4, and the Royals pitcher Trey Seeley was just too good. He pitched a complete game, struck out 15, threw 125 pitches, and the only earned run he gave up was a home run by Julien Jones in the top of the sixth inning. He struck out the side to finish the game in the top of the ninth.
The Royals opened the scoring in the bottom of the first with a run scored when Matthew Pinal reached on a fielder’s choice. The Owls tied it in the top of the third with an RBI on a ground out by Patrick Barry, but the Royals took the lead again in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by Colby Moran. The Owls tied it 2-2 with Jones’ home run. They got a break in the bottom of the sixth. With two out, Amari Bartee hit what should have been an RBI single with Trotter Boston on second. However, confusion between the Royals’ third base coach and Boston, combined with a good throw from Ka’ala Tam in left field, resulted in the inning ending with Boston out at the plate. The Royals got the winning run in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI double by Kyle Harvey. The Owls got Jones on base in the top of the eighth, but a double play ended the inning.
Bronson Chapple started for the Owls, pitched 6 1/3 innings, scattered eleven hits, allowed two earned runs, struck out five, threw 118 pitches, got the loss. Riley Cronin kept the Royals scoreless the rest of the way. Bartee finished 3-for-4 with a double. Harvey, Boston, and Branden Chun-Ming each had two hits for the Royals. Jones had two of the Owls’ four hits. box score
The Royals will play Lewis-Clark State at 2:30 PM PDT on Tuesday. The Owls will play the winner of the Dickinson State-Wayland Baptist game at 6 PM.
