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Luke Ritter pitching
Julie Ward Jones
4
Winner Lewis & Clark (Ore.) LEWIS & 15-6
2
Bushnell (OR) BUSHNELL 11-8
Winner
Lewis & Clark (Ore.) LEWIS &
15-6
4
Final
2
Bushnell (OR) BUSHNELL
11-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lewis & Clark (Ore.) LEWIS & 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 6 1
Bushnell (OR) BUSHNELL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 2

W: Pierson, Brett (2-3) L: E. Sachs (0-2) S: Clerici, Anthony (4)

3
Lewis & Clark (Ore.) LEWIS & 15-7
6
Winner Bushnell (OR) BUSHNELL 12-8
Lewis & Clark (Ore.) LEWIS &
15-7
3
Final
6
Bushnell (OR) BUSHNELL
12-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lewis & Clark (Ore.) LEWIS & 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 4 1
Bushnell (OR) BUSHNELL 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 10 0

W: C. Knutzen (2-0) L: Wilsie, Kyle (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Brian Hauge

The Bats Came Alive For Baseball In Game One To Earn Doubleheader Split

Luke Ritter struck out season-high eight batters in game two.

EUGENE, Ore. – Lewis & Clark College baseball scored four runs in the sixth inning to earn a 4-2 game-one victory in a non-conference doubleheader split with Bushnell University on Saturday afternoon.
 
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 4, Bushnell 2
Bushnell 6, Lewis & Clark 3
(Lewis & Clark 15-7, 6-5 NWC)
(Bushnell 12-8, 0-0 CCC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Starting pitchers junior Brett Pierson and sophomore Luke Ritter struck out 12 batters and only gave up three total earned runs between the two games, while sophomore Brennen Davis batted in three runners and hit a home run as the Pioneers won game one 4-2, and lost game two 6-3 on a Beacon walk-off three-run homer.
 
GAME ONE RECAP
 
In Bushnell's first at bat, Pierson gave up a single, struck out the next batter, then gave up a two-run homer to right field in the first inning. The two teams then combined for three total hits over the next four innings as the pitchers dueled it out.
 
The bats came alive for the Pioneers in the sixth. Bushnell pitcher Kai Keamo loaded the bases when he walked Pioneer senior Jack Thomson, bringing up Davis. Davis and junior Luke Bass hit back-to-back singles through the left side to each drive in a run. Thomson scored the go-ahead run on a Beacon fielding error on Bass' at bat. Two batters later, senior Dylan Moore hit a single through the right side to drive in Davis.
 
Pierson pitched 6.2 innings, struck out four batters, and gave up five hits to earn his second win of the season.
 
GAME TWO RECAP
 
Bushnell struck first in game two, scoring two unearned runs to go up 2-0 after one. The Beacons made it 3-0 in the third. Lewis & Clark struck back in the sixth when Davis hit a two-run homer over the left field fence.  
 
The Pioneers saw hope in the ninth, down 3-2 and a runner in scoring position after a double by sophomore Will Heron. Moore entered to pinch run for Heron and advanced to third on a ground out by sophomore Justin Cavagnaro. Junior Jakob Ghammachi stepped to the plate with two outs and the tying run 90 feet away. Down to his last strike, Ghammachi hit a double to the gap in left-center field and drove in Moore to tie the game three all.
In the bottom of the ninth, with one out, the Pioneers' Kyle Wilsie walked one and hit another to move the winning run into scoring position for the Beacons, causing a pitching change. Bushnell's Jordan Wilson swung at junior Tyler Shimabukuro's first pitch and sent the ball over the wall in left-center for the walk-off.
 
Ritter pitched seven innings giving up three runs (one earned) and striking out eight Beacons.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
  • Lewis & Clark has played 20 of their 22 games on the road this season.
  • Bass extended his hitting streak to 10 games with his double in the fourth inning of game two. He has hit .278 (10-36) with 10 RBI during that streak.
  • Davis is second on the team with nine home runs and 28 RBI.
  • Pierson moved into eight in program history with 134 career strikeouts.  
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark hosts Bushnell at the Huston Sports Complex on Sunday at 11 am.
 
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