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Show NESDAY, MARCH 5, baebalTwiilbnFoF Rebel softball splits two games against this week, ending skid ks six n 2008 fT T-Bi-rds n BY JARED BURTON Dixie Sun Sports Editor The Lady Rebels soft-bateam dug in their spills abii to bis S an 11 two-gam- $ i 2am iys face titers e 6 his acter i the ie was sr ates spite 'eat prac i tight and ear, a junior business major from Las Vegas, drops down four-gam- e losing streak by winning four straight. Rebels end a Tim Mott, Dme State College s baseball team (10 5) won mo 9-- 9 out of four s 3r tra i such wave itart ier a e Utah Valley games Canyon and swept series with University (1 7-- Rebels jvent to Phoenix for their first road Feb 27 to trip of the season play GCU In the first The junior pitcher Travis the mound It proved to be one of his rockiest outings of the season He lasted just three innings, giving up five game e Stapp took een tor as )ut eason so runs and eight hits earned of those five runs the first inning, putting DSC m the hole early In the top of the second inning the Rebels responded with one run GCU then scored three runs m the fourth inning to go up six to one They added one run m both the sixth and seventh innings Three ally came m as on e on ung idi ere lere on i one son is atmg mt ost ice in s ,hat is ie aid lk game, as, his us 9--5 GCU starter Thomas Catomer went 5 23 four while striking out four Rebels DSC raided m the sixth and seventh innings to score five runs m the two innings, but it wasn t enough as they lost 6 8 GCU reliever Raul Rojas shut down the Rebels for 2 23 innings to get the save, his first of the year Stapp received the loss, dropping his record to 1 as a starter Senior catcher Blake Mickelson led DSC s offense, gomg three for five and scoring once In game one of the doubleheader on Thursday the Rebels jumped ahead of the Antelopes, scormg one run in the first inning The borne team responded with innings, giving up runs, one earned, 3-- 0 16-1- 5 6--0 2-- ys the o miss an dual" rd ebut ehind 26 on t eight half it of ; the ie ints at m 0 two of their own Sophomore pitcher Fielding lasted 3 gave up ' Robert start He 23 innings and got the five runs, only two of which were earned thanks to defensive errors Fhe next Rebel jun-- r pitcher, Jayson Madson, was fb ..HI bunts during the teams practice. The only able to get one out but gave up four earned runs Even with all the trouble DSC was tied gomg into the bottom half of the mnth inning, where jumor pitcher Nick Orgill gave up one run to lose the game 9 10 Orgill was credited with the loss, his first of the year Semor shortstop Kyle Pratt was the offensive hero, gomg four for four with one RBI and scored twice Game two saw the Rebels score three runs m the first two innings to chase the Antelopes' starter Jumor pitcher Kns Cichoski started the game for the Rebels and was just what the team needed He went 6 13 innings only allowing five runs, four earned, while striking out seven The Rebels tacked on six more runs m the last four innings to win the game Orgill and sophomore pitcher Phil Finley combined to shut down GCU m the last inning Finley was credited with the save, his first of the season Cichoski improved his Jumor first record to baseman Jimmy Dever hit a grand slam to knock m four of the Rebels runs The last game of the set on Friday was a slugfest that saw DSC win Senior Cody Hansen took the mound for the Rebels He went four innings and gave up five runs, four earned, and allowed seven lead hits GCU took a gomg mto sixth inning DSC's offense woke up and scored five runs m the sixth inning to pull within one run GCU answered with three more runs DSC scored five runs m the seventh, but so did the Antelopes, taking a lead after seven The Rebels scored three in both the eighth and mnth and innings, while Madson the down shut Orgill Antelopes except for one run in the eighth Sophomore right fielder Brett Adams led the comeback, gomg one for four by TYLER ROBERTS Dixie Sun Staff Writer against Grand University 3ver ll way to a split with the Thunderbirds r of 5rs I ny ng said nng said 3-- 1 cleats and swung their ng rting with four RBIs and scormg twice Pratt went four for five and had two RBIs, while Dever went one for three, knocking in three runs The Rebels as a team had a 380 batting average m the game, which is way above their average The team then returned home to host Utah Valley University Sunday and Monday Sunday's game saw jumor pitcher Skyler Southwick start on the mound He gave up just three runs in four innings of work UVU's 2 DSC to get their fourth win of the year Later that day it was a different story for the Rebels as they came out in the second game of the double header with e from Southern Utah University Thursday In the first of two games, junior pitcher Haley Schumers was on the mound as the Rebels were batted around Schumers gave up three earned runs off seven hits Schumers got a good mix of outs, including sevens m both the fly outs and the ground outs but lacked the offensive outburst from the rest of the team The Rebels managed just four hits off the Kristina Brooks, who threw seven innings, allowing just one run on four Rebel hits The Rebels only score of the game came as senior leftfielder Carli Jones blasted a home run out of Karl Brooks Field for what at the time was her fourth homer of the season as the Rebels tied the game m the bottom of the fourth From there SUU held on to tack on the go ahead run m the top of the seventh and hold a vengeance The T Birds jumped out early, taking a 0 lead going into the bottom of the first Cue the 1 Rebels offense as junior centerfielder Dabney McIntyre reached base on a fielding error From there sophomore second basewoman Shantae Hunter reached first on a fielders choice sacrifice bunt Both runners were safe as Jones, PacWest player of the week, stepped up to the plate and tat tooed a ball over the left centerfield as the Rebels got three points in the bottom of the first Junior pitcher Jessica Dunn pitched a great game for the Rebels, gomg six strong innings and allowing two runs on four hits The Rebels were not done scoring, though, as Jones hit her sixth home run of the year in the second blast for an opposite field homer for her sixth RBI of the game McIntyre said there were ups and downs in the hitting against SUU I think that m the first game everyone was a little lackadaisical partly because we beat them m the fall, McIntyre said I think when we are off we are completely off, but when we are on we are on fire The Rebels just seemed to click more in this game compared to the first and blew out 10 2 for their the ninth win of the season One of the areas of concern for the Rebels coming into the season was whether the pitching and defense could keep up with the explosive offense "Our strength on the team is pitching and defense, said Jones, who currently has a 000 fielding percentage Our defense has been just really solid, and that means we are doing our job DSC is currently fourth in the conference m field mg percentage, has the second lowest team ERA in the conference, and leads the next team by nearly 30 m the strikeout column The Rebels start conference play on Monday against the Umversity of Hawau-HilThe Rebels will have their hands full as Hilo finds themselves in the one or two spots m most major statistical categories to start confer1 o ence play three runs came m the fourth inning to take the lead DSC then scored two runs m the fifth and one run m the sixth to tie the game UVU responded with three of their own m the seventh inning Entering the ninth inning the Rebels were down and the pressure was on They responded by scoring three runs that inning to send the game into extra innings, where finally m the 11th inning the Rebels scored a run to win the game 7 6 Senior second baseman Jordan Daley led the comeback, gomg four for six Orgill was credited with the win in 3-- 0 6-- relief Monday s game was another tight one as the Rebels won again Stapp took the mound once more and went six 7-- 6 innings, allowing five runs, four earned, with 11 hits He received the win to improve his record to 1 3-- Semor third baseman Mark Rose provided all the fireworks, going two for four with a home run, knocking m four runs and scoring once DSC s baseball team played Southern Utah Umversity in Cedar City on Tuesday, but the results were not m by press time The Rebels continue their season in Lewiston, Idaho, on Friday to play Lewis Clark State College lay,as d the 9 Freshman Breanna Egge, a biology major from Las Vegas, runs through pick off drills to second base. Egge has two stolen bases and is batting .318 on the season for Dixie. r r i h H U k. y i Lj Tr second out fti Rebels at 16- 1 :e play e in ence Mt uc only fm U&S verall 3 V V" Vi 4,, a ;the i !n, Unluyi .? 1 iU ium VT - 4 f 3 l'i DUPiift i li5' W4il0f w It good from IsliI les," a were 4 " 1 ll a 1S r'tr Uyjij 2.99 '.s H ltT dh' " eking ar t X' ashed ter " 2.99 - & X not 3r fro SUT' ze fm trough ohy51 But ung t0 .99 dit ST ELOkCE fd dSe ntme HE Fif E ICO For more information please contact Rhiannon Bent at bentdixie.edu or 435-657816 2- ladiiM-- d With The Dixie Sun needs a student sports writer for the 2008-0- 9 year. The writer will be required to write 2 stories per week. A scholarship is available. Snutri 435 ! fix Url;l(i i |