Apr 17, 2009

Leopards Claw Past Tigers

LA VERNE, Calif. (April 17, 2009) – On the road for the opening game of a three-game series, the teams combined for 25 runs on 32 hits as eight different pitchers worked in the game. In the end, the University of La Verne out-dueled Occidental College, handing the Tigers a 14-11 loss in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action.

Trailing 2-0 in the top of the third, Oxy got their scoring started when Kevin Ozaki drove in Richie Veihl, who doubled, with a single down the left field line for the first of his three hits in the game.

Teams then exchanged five-runs in the bottom of the fourth and top of fifth, respectively. La Verne collected six hits, including a two-run triple by Jon-Michael Hattabaugh and a two-run double off the bat of Donovan Petta. Occidental then connected for six hits, with Spencer Woolwine highlighted the inning with an RBI double, scoring, in a collision at the plate, when Ozaki singled. Ozaki eventually stole home for the final run of the inning.

ULV (18-12, 7-6 SCIAC) added a run in the fifth and three more in the seventh as they batted around for the second time of the game.

Oxy pushed a run across the plate in the seventh before Nick Saraceni connected for a two-run homerun in the eighth inning to pull the Tigers back in the game. Kieran Doherty lifted a sac fly to centerfield scoring Ozaki with his second run of the game. In the top of the ninth inning Saraceni drove in his fourth run of the game to get the Tigers to 11 runs, but that was as close as they would get.

Ozaki and Saraceni each finished with three hits while Doherty and Glenn Gray had two hits apiece. Every starter reached base in the game and Woolwine and Jason Jebbia also each stole a base.

Sal Diaz earned the win for the Leopards while Grant Wheatley notched his seventh save of the season while Matthew Jones (3-5) was tagged with the loss. Doherty tossed the final 3.2 innings.

Teams will take the field again on Saturday for a twin-bill. First pitch is slated for 11:00 a.m. on Anderson Field.



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