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April
28, 2007
Baseball Spoils Conference
Championship Bid for La Verne
Martin '08 Ends Season with 16-Game Hit Streak
Ryan Martin '08 recorded a hit in all three games to extend
his hitting streak to sixteen games, but Whittier College lost two of
three to the University of La Verne in the final series of the season.
Game one was a 5-2 loss for the Poets (17-23, 11-10) at Memorial
Baseball Field on April 27. Whittier lost game two 13-11, but won
game three 3-2 in eleven innings, in the April 28 doubleheader at La
Verne.
The last time Martin did not hit safely in a game was March 17 in the
Poets 9-3 win over Principia College in the California Invitational.
Going into the weekend, La Verne (21-18, 15-6) needed a series sweep
over the Poets to take the SCIAC Championship. The game three loss
handed the title to Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, who swept Caltech in their
regular season finale. |
Ryan Martin '08 |
Only four Poets had hits in game one. Ty Crawford '07 hit a
solo home run, his fifth of the year. Martin drove in the
other Poet run with an RBI single. Nick Taiariol '08
singled and scored, and Matt Morgado '07 singled as well.
Thomas Phelps '09 (6-4) pitched a complete game, allowing five
runs on eight hits and one walk. He also struck out two batters in
the loss.
Blake Coddington '09 led the Poets in game two, going 2-for-3
with a double, two RBI, two walks and three runs scored. Morgado
went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run (4), a walk and another run scored.
Quinn Keefer '07 hit a pinch-hit, two-run double and Robbie
Smith '08 and Kody Seminara '09 each drove in a run.
Blake Luitweiler '08 (4-4) was credited with the loss after pitching
just two innings and giving up eight runs, six earned, on ten hits.
Justin Armijo '09 came in to pitch six innings of relief, and
allowed five runs, four earned, on eleven hits and struck out four.
In the Poets' lone victory on the weekend, the eleven inning series
finale, Smith went 4-for-5 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored.
Robert Pachuca '09 and Bobby Wooldridge '08 each drove in
a run. Taiariol went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and Martin kept
the hitting streak alive with a third inning single. Matt
Schwarz '07 started on the mound and pitched a gem, but didn't
factor into the decision. He went seven and two-thirds innings and
gave up two runs, one earned, on seven hits and no walks. He also
struck out four. Scot Kakuk '08 (1-3) was credited with the
win after pitching three and a third, and didn't allow a run on six hits
and three walks. He struck out three batters.
The Poets finished fifth in the SCIAC with an 11-10 conference record. |
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