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Photo by: Mikaella Salazar

Late Rally Falls Short in Series Finale with Rainbow Warriors

4/23/2023 6:58:00 PM | Baseball

Long Beach State could not avoid the sweep at Hawai’i, falling 4-2 in the finale.

HONOLULU, Hawai'i – Long Beach State attempted a ninth inning comeback, but the rally came up short in the series finale on Sunday afternoon. Trailing by four heading into the final frame, the Dirtbags (22-15, 9-9 Big West) plated two, but ultimately fell 4-2 to Hawai'i.
 
Fresh off his first collegiate start last weekend, Kellan Montgomery was back on the bump for the Sunday start at Les Murakami Stadium. The freshman right-hander had a career-long outing of 5.2 innings allowing three runs on six hits and a walk while matching his career-high with five strikeouts.
 
The 'Bows plated single runs in the first and fourth innings followed by two runs in the sixth giving them the 4-0 lead heading into the ninth.
 
Down to their last at-bats, the 'Bags registered back-to-back one-out singles from Jack Hammond and Eddie Saldivar to put runners on the corners. Joey Walls Jr. would bloop a single into right field for his second knock of the afternoon and plate the first Dirtbag run. Nick Marinconz would follow by reaching on a fielder's choice to plate another run.
 
Unfortunately a ground ball to second would put an end to the rally and give the Dirtbags a 4-2 loss as they could not avoid the sweep.
 
The Dirtbags will return to the mainland for their next weekend of games as they continue their eight-game road stretch at the University of Nevada where they will play two games against the host Wolfpack and two against Grand Canyon.
 

Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Harrison Bodendorf (5-1)

L: Montgomery, Kellan (2-2)

S: Connor Harrison (6)

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Batting:

2B: Burns, Connor 1 ; Walls Jr., Joey 2 ; Ashworth, Kyle 1

RBI: Walls Jr., Joey 1 ; Marinconz, Nick 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Hammond, Jack 1 ; Saldivar, Eddie 1

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Batting:

2B: Dallas Duarte 2 ; Jared Quandt 1 ; Stone Miyao 1

RBI: Jacob Igawa 1 ; Stone Miyao 3

SH: Stone Miyao 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Dallas Duarte 1 ; Jacob Igawa 1 ; Jared Quandt 1 ; Zach Storbakken 1

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