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Baseball Opens Portland Series With 9-5 Win
3/9/2024 4:49:00 PM | Baseball
Omaha, Neb. -- Continuing an early trend, Creighton Baseball scored early and often in the Bluejays 9-5 win over Portland on Saturday, March 9.
The victory moved Creighton to 10-1 on the season, while Portland fell to 7-4.
Down 1-0 coming to the plate in the bottom of the first, junior Teddy Deters knotted the game at 1-1 with an RBI double to left center.
One inning later Creighton exploded for four runs on three hits. Matt Scherrman got things started with a leadoff walk, then with one out freshman Connor Capece laced an RBI double down the left field line to give the Bluejays a 2-1 lead. After a wild pitch and a walk gave Creighton runners at the corner, sophomore Tate Gillen and junior Nate Sailors blasted back-to-back doubles to make it a 5-1 game, highlighted by Sailors two-run double.
Holding a 6-2 advantage entering the sixth inning the Bluejays put the game away with three runs on a pair of hits and an error. Capece opened the sixth with a double, then an error on a sacrifice bunt from Kyle Hess gave the Bluejays a 7-2 edge. Gillen followed with an RBI through the left side and Ben North added a sacrifice fly to center.
Creighton starter Dominic Cancellieri collected the win (3-0), limiting the Pilots to two runs on seven hits over six innings. Dominic was excellent on Saturday, needing just 82 pitches to notch 18 outs.
Portland starter Nick Brink took the loss (2-1), allowing six runs on five hits and four walks in three innings on the bump.
The Bluejays and Pirates will play a pair on Sunday, March 10 with the first game set to begin at 12:00 p.m.
The victory moved Creighton to 10-1 on the season, while Portland fell to 7-4.
Down 1-0 coming to the plate in the bottom of the first, junior Teddy Deters knotted the game at 1-1 with an RBI double to left center.
One inning later Creighton exploded for four runs on three hits. Matt Scherrman got things started with a leadoff walk, then with one out freshman Connor Capece laced an RBI double down the left field line to give the Bluejays a 2-1 lead. After a wild pitch and a walk gave Creighton runners at the corner, sophomore Tate Gillen and junior Nate Sailors blasted back-to-back doubles to make it a 5-1 game, highlighted by Sailors two-run double.
Holding a 6-2 advantage entering the sixth inning the Bluejays put the game away with three runs on a pair of hits and an error. Capece opened the sixth with a double, then an error on a sacrifice bunt from Kyle Hess gave the Bluejays a 7-2 edge. Gillen followed with an RBI through the left side and Ben North added a sacrifice fly to center.
Creighton starter Dominic Cancellieri collected the win (3-0), limiting the Pilots to two runs on seven hits over six innings. Dominic was excellent on Saturday, needing just 82 pitches to notch 18 outs.
Portland starter Nick Brink took the loss (2-1), allowing six runs on five hits and four walks in three innings on the bump.
The Bluejays and Pirates will play a pair on Sunday, March 10 with the first game set to begin at 12:00 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cancellieri, Dominic (3-0)
L: BRINK, NICK (2-1)
Batting:
2B: HOLCROFT, JAKE 1 ; SALK, JONAS 1 ; HOWARD, TYLER 1
RBI: SALK, JONAS 1 ; COONEY, CHRISTIAN 2 ; BEAN, BRADY 2
Base Running:
RUNS: SCOTT, SPENCER 1 ; HOLCROFT, JAKE 3 ; HOWARD, TYLER 1
SB: HOLCROFT, JAKE 1 ; COONEY, CHRISTIAN 1
Batting:
2B: Gillen, Tate 1 ; Sailors, Nolan 1 ; Deters, Teddy 1 ; Capece, Connor 3
RBI: Gillen, Tate 2 ; Sailors, Nolan 2 ; Deters, Teddy 1 ; North, Ben 1 ; Capece, Connor 2
SH: North, Ben 1 ; Hess, Kyle 1
SF: North, Ben 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gillen, Tate 3 ; North, Ben 1 ; Scherrman, Matt 1 ; Capece, Connor 2 ; Hess, Kyle 2
SB: Gillen, Tate 1 ; North, Ben 1
HBP: MacLean, Will 1
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