REDDING, Calif. - After taking the first two games of the series on Saturday and the first game on Sunday 5-3, the Owls of Oregon Tech (6-6) were looking for the series sweep going into the night-cap. The Owls however fell 6-4 to Simpson University (2-6) and settled for the split on Sunday and three of four games over the weekend.
In Game 1, Oregon Tech 5 Simpson 3
Tech scored one run in the 8
th to break up a 3-3 tie and added an insurance run in the 9
th to seal the 5-3 win.
Simpson took the early lead scoring 1-run in the bottom of the 1
st on 3-hits.
Josh Kallstrom had an RBI two-out single scoring
Blake Wrotenbery in the top of the 3
rd to tie the game at one.
SU added a run in the bottom of the 3
rd to take a 2-1 lead.
Tech took their first lead of the game with 2-runs in the 5
th on 1-hit taking advantage of three Red Hawk errors to go up-3-2.
Simpson tied the game at 3-3 with a run in the bottom of the 5
th on two-hits.
Tristan Shae doubled to start the 8
th and later scored the go-ahead run on a
Ryan Riepma RBI single as the Owls took a 4-3 lead.
The Owls added an insurance run in the top of the 9
th going up 5-3 on 2-hits and a Simpson error, their 5
th of the game.
John Schulz pitched the first 6-innings in a solid start, giving up 3-runs and 9-hits with
Logan Nousen pitching two solid innings in relief picking up his first win of the year.
Trask Telesmanich came in to pitch a perfect 9
th to pick up the save as the Owls won 5-3.
Shae and Riepma led the OIT offense with 4-hits each in the win.
Game two, Simpson 6 Oregon Tech 4
Simpson took control early scoring 3-runs in the 2
nd inning and 3-runs in the 4
th inning to take a 6-2 lead.
The Owls scored 2-runs in the top of the 3
rd on a 2-RBI double by
Josh Kallstrom and 2-runs in the top of the 6
th highlighted by an
Austin Zavala RBI double but fell in 7-innings 6-4.
Wrotenbery led the Owls with 2-hits.
Zach Scherman picked up the loss for the Owls giving up 6-runs and 8-hits over 4-innings.
The Owls will travel to Lancaster, California to play Antelope Valley next Saturday and Sunday.
