LA GRANDE, Ore. – Mountaineers Baseball fell in their series opener to fourth-ranked Lewis-Clark State College in a 7-0 shutout at home. With the loss, Eastern Oregon falls to 9-28 overall and 2-10 in Cascade Collegiate Conference play.
How it Happened
• Lifting the Warriors (36-3, 7-2 CC) to the series opening win was seven hits, including two that went for home runs. Eastern mustered just four hits in the loss as they fell to 2-3 at home.
• Both homers for LC Stat came in the top of the sixth as a pair of two run shots lifted them to the win. A run in the fourth and two in the eighth added to the win as they posted the shutout.
• The first run for the Warriors came in the fourth, which was scored on the lone run of the day that EOU committed. An infield error got a run on before an RBI single scored the runner.
• The score remained 1-0 until the sixth when a pair of two-run homers, both to right center, owned the game up. The two long bombs brought the score to 3-0 and 5-0.
• LC State tacked on two insurance runs in the eighth to cruise to the win. The lead went to 7-0 on an RBI sacrifice fly before a wild pitch brought the score to its final of 8-0.
Mountaineers Stat Leaders
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Hector Carreon and
Jamie Powell both hit 1-3.
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Brooks Dyer went 1-4 at the plate.
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Tomo Horie tallied one hit in his lone at bat.
• Starter
Jaydon Yancey (1-4) pitched six complete frames and fanned five batters.
For the Warriors
• Justin Mazzone batted 2-5 with two RBI and scored a run.
• Aidan Nagle hit 1-5 at the plate with two RBI and scored one run.
• Zach Threlfall went 1-5 and scored two runs.
• Luke White scored two runs and batted 1-5 in the win.
• Trent Sellers (9-0) pitched eight frames in the start. He fanned 10 batters in the win.
By the Numbers
5 - EOU's shutout loss on Friday is just their fifth of the season.
8 -
Jaydon Yancey has fanned eight batters in two starts against LC State this season.
7 - Eastern surrendered seven walks in the series opening loss to the Warriors.
Up Next
• EOU and LC State will duke out a doubleheader on Saturday, April 9. First pitch is set for 12 p.m. for game one, with game two set for a 3 p.m. start.
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