{"id":5829,"date":"2017-04-26T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=5829"},"modified":"2017-04-25T16:04:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T00:04:55","slug":"baseball-splits-series-concordia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/baseball-splits-series-concordia\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball splits series with Concordia"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Burke De Boer \r\nSports Editor<\/pre>\n
The Wolves went 2-2 across a pair of doubleheaders over the weekend facing Concordia.<\/p>\n
The matchup positioned the top of the GNAC Wolves against the conference\u2019s bottom ranked team for a surprisingly even two days of competition. In the first day of games, Concordia cleaned house, as the Wolves lost 2-9 and 3-5 on April 21. They got back on track the second day, winning 5-1 and 6-0.<\/p>\n
Concordia opened up scoring early in the first game, putting up two runs in the first inning on the starting pitcher, first-year student Connor McCord.<\/p>\n
McCord would give up a total of five runs before being pulled. But even after pitching changed, Concordia runs kept coming in. Sophomore Jacob Fricke, first-year student Justin Dolezal and senior Alex Emerson would all serve time on the mound, giving up four more runs.<\/p>\n
On offense, McCord was able to bat in the only two runs for the Wolves.<\/p>\n
The second game of the day was much closer, and went into extra innings to reach a decision. Senior Justin Spinner and first-year student Hunter Johnson scored runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game. But two runs in the ninth secured the win for Concordia.<\/p>\n
The Wolves regrouped and swept Concordia on April 22.<\/p>\n
Junior Craig Grubbe pitched the first game, striking out seven on the way to the 5-1 victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo losses in a day is pretty strong fuel for a team,\u201d said senior Joey Crunkilton. \u201cWe took those losses to heart and were able to use it to our advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crunkilton had three runs over the two games. He also hit in two RBIs, batting in McCord and junior Jacob Martinez with a fourth inning double in the 6-0 second game victory.<\/p>\n
Junior Nyles Nygaard helped lead the way in scoring, and batted in Crunkilton on a triple after Crunkilton\u2019s fourth inning double. He also opened the scoring of the game with a solo home run.<\/p>\n
With eight games left to play, the Wolves remain on the top of the GNAC standings. Their remaining games all come against second-place Central Washington and third-place Northwest Nazarene.<\/p>\n
Contact the author at journalsports@wou.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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