KEIZER, Ore. – Strong pitching, coupled with a 37-hit attack, helped Oregon Tech run their win streak to 6-in-a-row, as the Hustlin' Owls rolled to 17-2 and 14-0 victories over Corban University at Volcanoes Stadium.
Patrick Arman picked up his 20th career win with seven innings of 6-hit ball, while
Bronson Chapple earned his fourth-straight victory, allowing one hit in six innings of work.
"Starting pitching set the tone and our offense was relentless," said OIT skipper
Jacob Garsez. "It is great to see us progressing well."
The Owls (13-9) scored in each of the first five innings of Game 1, as eight different players recorded multi-hit games.
Tyler Horner started a 5-hit day with a first inning RBI double, while an inning later, followed a
Patrick Barry RBI single with a bases-clearing double to give Tech a 5-1 lead.
OIT put the opener away with a 6-run eighth inning, getting 2-run singles from
Chase Hedani and Horner.
Horner was 3-for-5 with six RBI in the opener, Hedani was 2-for-4 with three RBI and four runs scored and
Kyle Norton finished 3-for-4.
Korrey Siracusa,
Matthew Ortiz,
Alonzo Vergara,
Ka'ala Tam and Barry each recorded two hits.
Chapple was the key in Game 2, taking a no-hitter into the fifth inning before the Warriors (4-15) Joshua Miyazawa lined a one-out double. The righty struck out five in the victory.
Tech took a 4-0 first inning lead, capitalizing on a pair of Corban errors, a balk and a Vergara RBI single. The Owls would scored two in the second, another in the third and bat around for six runs in the fourth – as Barry and
Matthew Lehrbach singled home runs, Ortiz plated two with a single and Norton doubled in another.
Dane Bradshaw closed the day with his first home run of the season.
Ortiz, Norton, Barry and
Julien Jones each had two hits and two RBI, with Horner, Vergara and Lehrbach each recording a pair of hits.
The two teams will have a quick turnaround, closing out the 4-game series with a doubleheader beginning Saturday morning at 9 a.m.