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Box Score 2 SLCC Baseball Drops Pair of Contests at SWAC Tournament
Bruins rally, go extra innings with CSI and come up short, fall to CNCC to open SWAC play
Game 1 vs. CSI – (10 a.m.)
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11 |
Final |
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CSI |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
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SLCC |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
(11 innings)
Game 2 vs. CNCC – (2:30 p.m.)
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Final |
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SLCC |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
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CNCC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
X |
8 |
Henderson, NV—The SLCC Baseball team (6-6, 0-2 SWAC) opened Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) play at the SWAC Tournament with a pair of losses on Thursday. The Bruins fell to rival College of Southern Idaho (CSI) (5-9, 1-0)
6-3 in the day's first contest and lost an
8-4 decision to Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) (4-10, 1-1 SWAC) in game two of the doubleheader.
Game 1 Recap: The Bruins earned an early lead in what shaped up to be a pitcher's duel for much of the contest. CSI tallied two runs in in the eighth inning to take a 3-2 lead, and SLCC rallied to tie the contest with a run in the bottom of the ninth but surrendered three runs to the Golden Eagles in the 11
th inning of the 2014 SWAC opener for both teams.
SLCC had six base hits and one error committed and CSI finished with eight base hits and three errors in the field.
Game 2 Recap: Salt Lake built an early 3-0 lead, but the Spartans rallied with four in the fourth inning and a run apiece in both the fifth and sixth innings to earn a 6-3 lead. Two more runs for CNCC in the eighth sealed the victory and gave SLCC its second loss of the day.
The Bruins turned in eight base hits and no errors and CNCC finished with 14 base hits and two errors committed.
Game 1 Stats vs. CSI: SLCC sophomore pitcher
Anthony Dixon (West Valley City, UT) struck out four Golden Eagle batters with four hits and one run allowed in seven innings of work. Sophomore pitcher
Jordan Hager (Farmington, UT) took the loss with three runs allowed in two innings of relief.
Sophomore infielder
Robert Grilli (Mississauga, ONT) was 2-for-4 at the plate with two stolen bases and sophomore infielder
Derrick Whitney (South Jordan, UT) was 2-for-5.
Game 2 Stats vs. CNCC: Freshman pitcher
Jared White (Riverton, UT) took the loss in game two with five strikeouts and five runs allowed in six innings on the mound.
Sophomore outfielder
Nick Urban (Las Vegas, NV) was 2-for-5 with a home run and freshman infielder
Taylor Snyder (Elk Ridge, UT) was 2-for-4 with a double in the losing effort.
Next up for Head Coach
DG Nelson and the Bruins is a single game vs. SWAC opponent Western Nevada College (WNC) (7-4) on Friday, Feb. 21 with first pitch slated for 11 a.m.
