Baseball Drops First Game to Portland
4/30/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 30, 2004
Portland, OR - The Saint Mary's baseball team gave up a four-run lead, losing to the Portland Pilots 6-5 on Friday afternoon at Pilot Stadium in Portland, OR. Portland trailed 4-0 but evened the score with a four-run sixth inning, and put two more on the board in the eighth. With the loss the Gaels fall to 6-13 in West Coast Conference play and 12-31 overall. Portland improved to 4-15 in conference and 8-32 overall.
Saint Mary's left fielder Preston Young put the Gaels up 3-0 with a double that followed Sam Carter's RBI-single in the first inning. SMC tacked on another run in the fourth inning on Stefan Foushee's double that plated Gilbert Gil.
After getting just two hits through the first five innings, Portland belted out four hits in the sixth to tie the game. Gustaf Little started the rally with a single through the right side. Nik Kosach walked and Travis Vetters doubled hard to left field scoring Little. Jeffrey Crinklaw's high-bouncer got over third baseman Bryan Byrne's head and scored both Kosach and Vetters. An RBI-groundout by Justin Pierce made it 4-4.
The Pilots led off the eighth with three consecutive singles, the latter by Joe Watson giving Portland a 5-4 edge. A balk by pitcher Jordan Simo accounted for Portland's sixth and eventual game-winning run.
Adam Bellows' pinch-hit, two-out home run in the ninth made it a one-run game, but Peters struck out Foushee to clinch the victory. Neither bullpen was a factor as both Peters and Simo went the distance. Simo (5-6) used just 86 pitches in his eight innings of work.
Crinklaw finished 2-for-4 with his 15th double of the season, two runs scored and two RBIs. Watson also had two hits for the Pilots, including the big go-ahead single in the eighth.
The teams will conclude their three-game West Coast Conference series with a doubleheader tomorrow. The first game is slated to start at 11:00 a.m. at Pilot Stadium.
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