Apr 7, 2007

Baseball Sweeps Twin Bill vs. Whitworth

Occidental ended a three-game slump in dramatic fashion Saturday at Anderson Field, scoring two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 7-6 victory over Whitworth College. The Tigers won game two of the doubleheader 6-4.

Oxy improved its overall record to 16-15 and can equal its highest win total since 1990 with four wins in the next nine games. Whitworth fell to 10-17 overall.

Occidental scored four runs in the first two innings in game one, taking a 4-0 lead on a home run by Tyler Colville '07 to lead off the second. Starting pitcher Jayson Wiilliams '07 was untouchable through the first four innings but Whitworth put together a two-run rally in the fifth on a pair of singles, a walk and a wild pitch.

The Pirates mounted a four-run rally with two outs in the seventh after three straight base hits, a defensive miscue in right field, and a double by third baseman Alex Scarpelli.

Adam Franks '08 singled to lead off the ninth and pinch runner Seth Goss '08 scored on a base hit by Patrick Sarkissian '10, who went 3 for 5 with three runs batted in in the game. Whitworth leftfielder J.J. Jones made an incredible over-the-shoulder catch to rob Glenn Gray '10 moments later but Ryan Snell walked the next three Tigers to provide the game-winning run.

Phillip Kafka '09 allowed one hit in 2 1/3 innings of relief, recording his second win in eight days. Occidental has claimed five victories in its last at-bat this season.

Marcus Stoiber '09 pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings to preserve a 5-4 lead in game two. The Tigers scored an important insurance run on a single from Matt Andersen '08 in the fifth. Sarkissian clubbed a three-run homer in the third while Andersen, Franks, and Gray recorded two hits apiece.

Kafka retired the Pirates in order in the seventh to pick up his second save of the season.

Occidental enters the stretch run of its conference season with a 3pm date against Redlands Friday, April 13 at Anderson Field. The Tigers travel to Redlands for an 11am doubleheader on Saturday April 14th.



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Baseball Sweeps Twin Bill vs. Whitworth