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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.
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)
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
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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