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April
22, 2007
Baseball Takes Two of Three
from Redlands
Martin '08 Finishes with Seven Hits in Series
Ryan Martin '08 went 7-for-13 with three RBI and five runs
scored to lead Whittier College to two wins in a three-game series with
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rival University
of Redlands on April 21 and 22. The Poets (16-21, 10-8) won
both ends of a doubleheader 4-1 and 5-2, respectively, at Memorial Field
on April 21. Redlands (24-13, 10-8) won the series finale
by a score of 10-7 the next day.
In game one, Martin went 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and a run
scored. Bobby Wooldridge '08 and Mike Benavente '09
each had an RBI. Ty Crawford '07, Kody Seminara '08 and
Nick Taiariol '08 each scored a run. Thomas Phelps
'09 (6-3) pitched a complete game to earn the victory. He
allowed one run on six hits and struck out six batters. |
Ryan Martin '08 |
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triple and a sacrifice fly to lead off the game gave Redlands the early
lead in game one. The Poets answered back with a lead-off triple
by Martin and an RBI single from Wooldridge in the bottom half of the
inning to tie the score. Phelps took over the game on the mound,
allowing just four Bulldog hits after the first inning. He retired
eleven batters in a row at one point in the game. The Poets got
all the runs they would need in the second inning, when a wild pitch
brought home Taiariol and then Martin's RBI single scored Seminara, who
had been hit by a pitch earlier in the inning. The Poets made the
score 4-1 in the bottom of the third when a bases loaded walk by
Benavente brought Crawford in to score.
The second leg of the doubleheader saw Martin lead the way at the plate
again. He went 3-for-4 with a home run (4), double, two RBI and
two runs scored. Blake Coddington '09 went 2-for-4 with an
RBI and a stolen base. Robbie Smith '08 went 2-for-4 with a
double and a run scored. Benavente finished with an RBI-double and
a run scored and Wooldridge drove in a run. Blake Luitwieler
'08 (4-3) pitched the second complete game for the Poets on the day.
He allowed two runs on ten hits and struck out four.
Once again, the Bulldogs got out of the gate early, using three
straight singles to score one run in the opening frame. The Poets
tied the game in the second inning with Wooldridge's RBI single and then
took the lead in the third thanks to Martin's solo homer. Redlands
cut the lead to 3-2 in the top of the fifth, but would not get any
closer. The Poets put the game out of reach with three runs in the
bottom of the fifth after Taiariol was hit by a pitch and then three
straight RBI doubles from Benavente, Martin and Wooldridge.
After a Friday rainstorm postponed play, the two teams made up the final
game of the series on Sunday, April 22. In this game, Taiariol led
the offense, going 4-for-4 with a two-run homer (3). Matt
Morgado '07 went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer (3), two doubles,
three RBI and a run scored. He leads the team with 23 RBI this
season and a .412 batting average. Martin went 2-for-5 with two
runs scored. Justin Armijo '10 (4-5) got the start
on the mound and pitched four and two-thirds innings. He allowed
seven runs on ten hits and three walks.
The Poets were the first to get on the scoreboard in the final game of
the series. They scored twice in the top of the second inning on
Taiariol's two-run blast. A two-run double in the bottom half of
the inning for the Bulldogs tied the game. In the third inning,
the Poets earned a 5-2 lead with Morgado's two-run shot and Crawford's
RBI single. Redlands got one run back in the bottom of the third,
but pulled away with a big fifth inning. The Bulldogs scored five
runs in the inning to take an 8-3 lead and added one more in the sixth
for a four-run cushion. The Poets cut the lead in half in the top
of the seventh with two runs, but that was as close as they would get.
Redlands added one more in the eighth to give them the 10-7 lead that
would be the eventual final score.
The Poets are at home for the start of their final regular season series
against La Verne on April 27. Game one will be played at 3pm, with
games two and three to be played in La Verne, Calif., on April 28th at
11am. |
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