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April 25,
2008
Late-Inning Runs
Doom Yellowjackets Again
Game One
Game
Two
BILLINGS, Mont. – A 5-0 lead heading into
the top of the seventh was not enough as the Montana State
Billings Yellowjackets dropped a 9-7 decision in 12 innings to
open a conference doubleheader with Northwest Nazarene Friday
afternoon at Pirtz Field.
NNU won the nightcap as well, breaking a 4-4 tie in the
seventh, plating two runs.
MSUB (11-31, 2-18 GNAC) scored two runs in
the second inning of the opener on a sacrifice fly and a RBI
triple by Nick Harris.
The Jackets plated another run in the fourth on a RBI
single up the middle by Cole Pryor for a 3-0 lead.
The Jackets took a 5-0 lead in the sixth
with a Matt Schoonover two-run home run to center.
After NNU (26-19 11-15 GNAC) head coach Tim
Onofrei was ejected from the game for arguing a call, the
Crusaders woke up and started swinging the bats.
NNU scored two runs in the seventh on a two RBI single.
In what’s becoming a trend, the
Yellowjackets gave up three runs in the top of the ninth on two
RBI singles and a wild pitch for a 5-5 score.
NNU took the lead in the 11th with a home run,
but the Jackets, who were down to their last strike in the
bottom of the inning, were saved – at least for the moment by
Schoonover’s second home run of the day tying the game at six.
The Crusaders scored three runs in the top
of the 12th on a double and a single up the middle
for a 9-6 lead.
MSUB came back in the bottom of the inning, plating one run but
that would be it.
NNU jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the
nightcap, before the Yellowjackets came storming back with three
unearned runs the in the fifth inning to tie the game.
Once again, the Crusaders scored in their
final at bat, plating two runs in the seventh for a 6-4 lead on
a two out, two-run home run.
The Jackets went down in order in the
bottom of the inning.
The teams will be back in action tomorrow
for Alumni Day at Pirtz Field at 1 p.m. with the final two games
of the series.
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