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February 2, 2007
Baseball Drops Season Opener
Smith '08 Goes Deep in First Game as a Poet
Robbie Smith '08 went 2-for-4 with a home run and a double,
but Whittier College lost 9-3 to nationally ranked #3 Chapman University
in their season opener at Memorial Baseball Field on February 2.
Ryan Martin '08 went 3-for-4 for the Poets. Blake
Coddington '09 and Lorenzo Lopez '09 each doubled and
scored a run. Mike Benavente '09 and Riley Bateman '08
each drove in a run. Thomas Phelps '09 (0-1) pitched five
innings and gave up seven earned runs on 11 hits and two walks and
struck out one batter in the loss. Matt Shwarz '07 and
Shonn Kay '09 pitched two innings of relief apiece and combined to
allow two earned runs on seven hits. |
Robbie Smith '08 |
Chapman got on the scoreboard early, putting up three runs in the first
inning. The Poets picked up a run in the bottom of the second on a
sacrifice fly from Benavente. The Panthers added to their lead
with two runs in the third and one run in the seventh inning.
Smith's homer in the bottom half of the seventh made the score 8-2, but
Chapman answered back with another run in the eighth. With two
outs in the bottom of the ninth, the Poets were able to score one run on
Bateman's RBI single, but they were unable to mount a rally to end the
game 9-3.
The Poets travel to Chapman for a doubleheader on February 3. The
first game is scheduled to start at 11am. |
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