Baseball Downed 8-5 by Gonzaga

Saturday, May 3

Spokane, WA

3:30 PM

Saint Mary's College of California

at Gonzaga (Game 2)

5/3/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

May 3, 2003

Final Stats

Spokane, WA - The Saint Mary's baseball team was ousted 8-5 by the Gonzaga Bulldogs in game two of the doubleheader to lose the three-game series at Spokane Falls Community College on Saturday, May 3. With the Loss the Gaels fall to 18-28-1 and 8-14-1 in WCC action.

Saint Mary's looked to return the favor in the second game as the Gaels scored three runs over the first two innings. Nick Conte drove home two in the first with a triple to left that was ruled a hit despite a Gonzaga argument that the ball was caught by Bulldogs outfielder David Johnson. Adam Bellows added a solo home run in the second to give SMC a 3-0 cushion.

Gonzaga responded in the bottom of the second as they scored six runs against Saint Mary's starter Matt Yourkin (1-7), five of the runs being unearned after a costly Gaels error. Danny Evans reached on that error as he drove home the first Bulldogs run. Eric Rodland then delivered the big hit of the inning as he cleared the bases with a three-run double to center. Corder and Johnson would close out the inning with RBI singles.

Kevin Trochez worked 5.1 innings of relief for Saint Mary's as the Gaels made a late charge scoring two runs against John Gonzalez in the top of the eight to cut the lead to 7-5. Tim Spooner scored one of the runs on a double steal by Jeff Cunningham. Cunningham would come around to score on a Gonzalez wild pitch. Gonzalez would get out the inning to pick up his fourth save of the season.

Matt Reding (2-0) worked five innings to pick up the win as he left with a 6-3 advantage. Gonzaga added a single run in the sixth on an RBI by Jeff Culpepper and Brad Welker came around to score in the eighth as Corder laid down a bunt with Welker on first and the throw to get Corder sailed into the right field after Corder reached the bag.

Corder and Johnson each had three hits in the second game while Rodland drove home three. Delaney Gallagher, Bryan Byrne and Nick Conte all had two hits for Saint Mary's in the second game after Gilbert Gil had two of the Gaels five hits in the game one loss.

The Gaels will continue West Coast Conference action on Friday, May 9 when they host the Pepperdine Waves in a three-game series. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 PM on Louis Guisto Field.