2008 Woodie Awards
Cougar Baseball: A Week in Review
Lance Cartelli
Issue date: 2/12/08 Section: Sports
The Cougars split their two games this week, beating Point Loma (5-2) and losing to UCSD (3-2) to make their record (3-5) in the young season.
In the first game of the week, the Cougars handed Point Loma their second straight loss to the Cougars, 8-5.
Point Loma struck first with a lead off double by RF Kaohi Downing, who scored on a double play by CF Kurt Steinhauer. The Cougars came back swinging in the top of the 2nd, with three runs on two hits. Leading off the top of the 2nd, CF Tristan Gale hit his third home run of the year to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead. DH Terry Moritz then hit a two-out two-run home run to right to extend the Cougars lead to 3-0.
SP Eric Julienne had a strong start, winning his first game of the year, allowing just three runs on six innings pitched with three strike outs and two walks given up.
The Cougars would tack on three more runs in the top of the 7th. RF Jared Suwyn continued his hot play going 3-4; with his biggest hit being a two-run single to LF scoring two runs in the three-run inning.
P Grant Harrell and Jared Suwyn combined for 2 2/3 of one-hit baseball to close out Point Loma 8-5 for the Cougars third win of the year.
In the second game of the week, the Cougars faced the #15 ranked team in the nation Div. II's UCSD.
The Cougars and UCSD matched each other 3-3 by the end of the 3rd inning. UCSD struck first with a two-run bottom of the 1st inning. DH Franco hit a two-out two-run home run to right field. CF Tristan Gale hit his second home run of the week and fourth of the year to lead off the top of the 2nd inning. LF Austin Way would constitute, as the last run the Cougars would score this game with a lead off home run in the top of the 3rd.
UCSD would break the game open with back-to-back two-run innings in the bottom of the 5th and 6th. RBI singles from CF/LF Domanic and 2B Imeson would lead to the two-runs scored in the bottom of the 5th for UCSD. In the bottom of the 6th, a lead-off double by 3rd baseman Bono would start off another two-run inning ending with a RBI's from CF Burke and SS Albitz to make the game 7-3.
The Cougars struggled to stop the offensive attack by UCSD using seven pitchers with the longest outing of the seven to be 2 2/3 innings by P Johnny Holtman. The seven pitchers combined to give up 10 runs and 15 hits.
The Cougars fall to (3-5) on the season while UCSD is now (3-2).
In the first game of the week, the Cougars handed Point Loma their second straight loss to the Cougars, 8-5.
Point Loma struck first with a lead off double by RF Kaohi Downing, who scored on a double play by CF Kurt Steinhauer. The Cougars came back swinging in the top of the 2nd, with three runs on two hits. Leading off the top of the 2nd, CF Tristan Gale hit his third home run of the year to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead. DH Terry Moritz then hit a two-out two-run home run to right to extend the Cougars lead to 3-0.
SP Eric Julienne had a strong start, winning his first game of the year, allowing just three runs on six innings pitched with three strike outs and two walks given up.
The Cougars would tack on three more runs in the top of the 7th. RF Jared Suwyn continued his hot play going 3-4; with his biggest hit being a two-run single to LF scoring two runs in the three-run inning.
P Grant Harrell and Jared Suwyn combined for 2 2/3 of one-hit baseball to close out Point Loma 8-5 for the Cougars third win of the year.
In the second game of the week, the Cougars faced the #15 ranked team in the nation Div. II's UCSD.
The Cougars and UCSD matched each other 3-3 by the end of the 3rd inning. UCSD struck first with a two-run bottom of the 1st inning. DH Franco hit a two-out two-run home run to right field. CF Tristan Gale hit his second home run of the week and fourth of the year to lead off the top of the 2nd inning. LF Austin Way would constitute, as the last run the Cougars would score this game with a lead off home run in the top of the 3rd.
UCSD would break the game open with back-to-back two-run innings in the bottom of the 5th and 6th. RBI singles from CF/LF Domanic and 2B Imeson would lead to the two-runs scored in the bottom of the 5th for UCSD. In the bottom of the 6th, a lead-off double by 3rd baseman Bono would start off another two-run inning ending with a RBI's from CF Burke and SS Albitz to make the game 7-3.
The Cougars struggled to stop the offensive attack by UCSD using seven pitchers with the longest outing of the seven to be 2 2/3 innings by P Johnny Holtman. The seven pitchers combined to give up 10 runs and 15 hits.
The Cougars fall to (3-5) on the season while UCSD is now (3-2).
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