Late runs were not enough in loss to 'Yotes
March 2, 2007
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Freshman Josh Warner led the Warriors with a 2-for-3 performance, but it was not enough as Corban dropped the opening game of the weekend to Albertson College of Idaho. (Photo courtesy of Corban Sports Information) |
CALDWELL, Idaho – Freshman Josh Warner (Independence, Ore.) went 2-for-3 at the plate and Corban's baseball team picked up two runs in the seventh inning on Friday, but it was not enough as the Warriors dropped their opening NAIA Region I game of the season, 10-2, to the Coyotes of Albertson.
Albertson's Jason Roach took a perfect game into the sixth inning and every Albertson College batter in the line-up had at least one hit, as the Coyotes opened up NAIA Region I play with a victory over the Warriors at Simplot Stadium.
The lefty from Sacramento, Calif. retired the first 16 batters in a row before Warner rapped a base hit up the middle. He went seven strong innings, allowing two unearned runs on five hits, striking out six without a walk, to improve to 4-0 on the season.
Albertson got on the board in the second, as Tyler Smith laced a two-run single and Pat Burke lifted a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0. The 'Yotes would add three more runs in the third, as Richie Snider and Adam Roach led the frame off with back-to-back doubles, with a Jacob Garsez single to make it 5-0. The lead would balloon to 9-0 in the sixth on a Snider two-run single.
The visiting Warriors, who arrived in the Treasure Valley late due to travel problems, scored their lone runs in the seventh on a Coyote error.
Smith and Garsez each had two hits for the Coyotes. The two teams complete the three-game series tomorrow with a doubleheader set for 11 a.m.
Corban falls to 4-6-1 overall, 0-1 in regional action, while the 'Yotes improve to 8-2 overall, 1-0 in regional play.
Story courtesy of Mike Safford, Albertson Sports Information Director
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