SAINTS HIT HARD IN DOUBLEHEADER AGAINST LAKERS
Photo by Fletcher Wold / the Advocate
On Wednesday, the Saints baseball team took on the Southwestern Oregon Community College Lakers in a doubleheader, winning both games. Stellar moments included stolen bases and two home runs at the start of the second game.
The first game had some close calls, with the Saints ahead at 3-1 by the third inning. The Lakers tied the game 3-3 in the fifth. No one scored in the sixth, but the Saints had a strong seventh, bringing in two more runs and then added one more in the eighth to end the game ahead, 6-3.
In the top of the eighth inning, Lakers pitcher Javier Jauregui was hit in the right leg on a ball off the bat of Saints third baseman Trace Hokkanen, and had to leave the game.
The second game started strong for Mt. Hood with a single from catcher Ezra Samperi and a home run from right fielder Brian Rice. Right after, Hokkanen singled and stole second while Dawson Day was at bat. The bases were then loaded after shortstop Adam Stevens singled. The Saints then racked up three more runs by the end of the first inning.
In the second, Day scored another home run for the Saints. And after racking up two more scores in the bottom of the fourth inning, the team went on to bring home a strong win, 16-6.
Through games on Thursday, Mt. Hood is second in the South Division with a 9-3 record, and 19-8 overall for the season.
The Saints will play a doubleheader at Lane Community College in Eugene today (Friday), then return to Oslund Field on Saturday, April 27, for two more games against Lane, set for 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
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