NAIA West Tournament - Day 2 Recap
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NAIA West Tournament Schedule
Friday, May 1
Game 1: No. 5 College of Idaho def. No. 4 Corban, 5-1 (Box Score)
Game 2: No. 2 British Columbia def. No. 3 Menlo, 5-3 (Box Score)
Game 3: No. 1 Concordia def. No. 5 College of Idaho, 5-2 (Box Score)
Saturday, May 1
Game 4 (10 a.m.): No. 4 Corban def. No. 3 Menlo, 6-4 (13 inn.) (Box Score)
Game 5 (1 p.m.): No. 2 British Columbia def. No. 1 Concordia, 6-3 (Box Score)
Game 6 ( 4 p.m.): No. 5 College of Idaho def. No. 4 Corban, 5-3 (Box Score)
Sunday, May 2
Game 7 (12 p.m.): Concordia vs. College of Idaho (loser eliminated)
Game 8 (3 p.m.): British Columbia vs. Game 7 winner (championship)
Monday, May 3
Game 9 (12 p.m.): Game 8 winner vs. Game 8 loser (if necessary) |
Day 2: Saturday, May 2
Game 6: #5 College of Idaho def. #4 Corban, 5-3
In its second straight elimination game as the tournament's lowest-seeded team, College of Idaho extended its season with a 5-3 win over Corban, completing the second day of action at the NAIA West Grouping Tournament on Saturday.
With the win, No. 5-seeded College of Idaho (33-25) will move on to play top-seeded Concordia on Sunday with a 12 p.m. scheduled start time at Porter Park. Corban, the No. 4 seed in the tourney, opened the day with a 13-inning win, but will end its season with a 27-29 overall record following the evening loss.
College of Idaho opened the game with a single run in the top of the first as Cole Mansanarez drove home Jordan Grubbs with a two-out double to right after the fly was lost in the sun by the Corban outfielder.
Corban battled back to take the lead with a 2-run third inning only to see the lead evaporate in the fifth with a 2-run shot to right field by C of I's No. 9-hitter Brady Mooney.
The Coyotes added insurance runs in the seventh and eighth innings with Chase Miller and Seth Champlin collecting RBI hits.
Zach Fabricius (5-6) earned the win for College of Idaho, pitching into the eighth inning. Fabricius struck out six and walked five against nine hits.
Lasting 5 2/3, Caleb Henry (6-2) took the loss for Corban. Henry struck out six and walked three while being charged with three earned runs. Both teams finished with 10 hits.
Game 5: #2 Concordia British Columbia def. #1 Concordia, 6-2
No. 2-seeded British Columbia used a Bryan Arthur 3-run homer to right field in the 7th inning to break open a tight game en route to defeating top-seeded Concordia 6-3 in the middle game of action in the NAIA West Tournament held at Porter Park on Saturday.
British Columbia, the defending champions of the tournament, will head to the championship game that will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Moving to the elimination side of the bracket, Concordia will look to advance for a rematch with the Thunderbirds and will play the opening game on Sunday against either No. 3-seeded Menlo or No. 4-seeded Corban.
Concordia's game against either the Oaks or the Warriors will begin at noon with the winner facing UBC in the championship round.
UBC starter Alex Webb (9-3) overcame a shaky opening after giving up a pair of runs in the second inning to the Cavaliers. Webb retired 11 straight batters through the middle innings before UBC scored three runs in the 5th to take the initial lead. Closing out the final two frames, Curtis Taylor picked up his 11th save of the season.
Concordia struck for just one hit over the last six innings against the UBC duo.
Clinging to a 3-2 lead, Arthur's first home run of the season led to a 6-2 advantage. Concordia scored one run in the bottom of the 8th on a Konner Spencer single to right. The Cavs placed the tying run at the plate with no outs in the 8th before Taylor induced three outs with balls that did not leave the infield.
Hit with the loss,
Jason Snodgrass (5-7) lasted 7 1/3 for the Cavaliers, striking out three and walking four.
Game 4: #4 Corban 6, #3 Menlo 4 (13 inn.)
In the first elimination game of the tournament, No. 4-seeded Corban University outlasted No. 3-seeded Menlo College, 6-4, in a 13-inning game to stay alive in the NAIA West Grouping Tournament played at Concordia's Porter Park on Saturday.
Corban (27-28) will now advance to play in Saturday's elimination contest against College of Idaho in the late game today. Menlo's season ends at 33-22.
The game tied for the second longest in NAIA West Tournament history, only bested by a 15-inning affair between Concordia and Oregon Tech in 2013.
Tied 2-2, Corban scored four runs in the top of the 13th after going eight straight frames without a run. Menlo managed to score a pair of runs in the home half of the 13th before being retired by Corban reliever Daniel Aranda.
Corban won despite stranding 15 runners on base and hitting into an NAIA single-game record six double plays. Corban outhit Menlo 19 to 10.
Aranda picked up the save, his second of the season, while Jordan Johansen earned the win for the Warriors after pitching three scoreless frames following a nine-inning performance by starter Austin Guzzon.
Guzzon allowed two runs on six hits. Menlo starter Brett Solano lasted eight innings and allowed two runs on 12 hits.
Day 1: Friday, May 1
Game 3: #1 Concordia def. #5 College of Idaho, 5-2
Scoring three runs in the 4th inning and adding two insurance runs in the 8th, top-seeded Concordia defeated No. 5-seed College of Idaho, 5-2, in the third game of action at the NAIA West Grouping Tournament, held at Porter Park on Friday.
With the win, Concordia (30-21) will move on to play No. 2-seed British Columbia in the 1 p.m. game on Saturday. College of Idaho (32-25) will fall to the elimination bracket and will await the winner of the Saturday morning game between Corban and Menlo.
Scoreless through three innings, Concordia, playing as the visiting team in its home park, sent eight batters to the plate in the fourth inning with
Ian Erickson and
Konner Reddick opening up the scoring with back-to-back singles.
Hunter Weiss provided the final run in the frame with a two-out single of his own, plating Erickson and giving starter
Jordan Spencer the initial lead.
Jordan Spencer (2-4) allowed just one hit through the first four innings before the Coyotes finally broke through with an RBI walk by Jake Guza.
The Cavs then turned to the bullpen, calling up
Ryan McMonigle, who quickly forced a grounder to the shortstop to prevent further damage and forcing the Yotes to strand three runners. C of I left a total of 10 runners on base in the loss, compared to five for the Cavs.
The Yotes managed two hits and scored one unearned run in the ninth off McMonigle allowed two hits and an unearned run in the ninth en route to his second save of the season.
Game 2: #2 British Columbia def. #3 Menlo, 5-3
Conor Lillis-White and Curtis Taylor combined to strike out 10 batters as No. 2-seeded British Columbia defeated No. 3-seeded Menlo College, 5-3, in the second game of action at the NAIA West Grouping Tournament, held at Concordia's Porter Park on Friday.
British Columbia (36-16) will continue to play in the 1 p.m. game on Saturday, facing the winner of game No. 3 between top-seeded Concordia and No. 5-seeded College of Idaho.
Menlo (33-21) falls to the elimination side of the bracket in the tournament and will play Corban at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Menlo struck for two runs in the opening inning against Lillis-White, but managed just one more run as UBC did not take lead until the fifth frame. The Thunderbirds added two insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth for Taylor, who improved to 2-2 on the season with the two-inning win.
Five differnt batters drove in the five runs for UBC. Menlo was led by Wes Hoskins with a 2 for 4 day that included two RBI.
Game 1: #5 College of Idaho def. #4 Corban 5-1
No. 5-seeded College of Idaho used a complete game performance by Kyle Garvin to defeat No. 4-seeded Corban, 5-1, in the opening game of the NAIA West Tournament held at Concordia's Porter Park on Friday.
With the win, College of Idaho (32-24) will play the 4 p.m. game against top-seeded Concordia on Friday. Corban (26-28) falls to the elimination side of the bracket and will take the field against the losing team of Game 2--either British Columbia or Menlo--at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Garvin struck out a career-high 10 batters while allowing seven hits. Corban struck first with their lone run in the fourth inning before the Coyotes scored five unanswered runs.
Matt Hamilton led C of I at the plate, going 2 for 3 with two RBI. Hamilton hit a solo home run in the 7th inning.