Show l 3 I Baseball ase a Splits its Games ames Against Dixie I t i 7 By Paul Childs Staff Writer Trailing the Rebels of Dixie State and The Coyotes of the Community College of Southern Nevada by just one game Bruin Baseball looked to possibly move into first place in the Region as they took on The Rebels of Dixie State this past weekend The Bruins went into the Match up with Dixie having beaten the Rebels three out of four previous encounters this year Friday was a push for the Bruins having lost the first game and won the second each by a single run Saturday however is when the real action took place After swallowing a tough loss in the first game again by a single run the Bruins took exception The Bruins jumped out to a five nothing lead in the bottom of the third inning however after pitching pitching pitching pitch pitch- ing three solid innings Nathan Hess ran into a bit of trouble beaning two batters and walking a third Hess allowed five runs in inthe inthe inthe the top of the fourth inning Coach Groves called time and brought in pitcher Matt Lovelady and later Travis Barnett and Wes McKnight all of whom helped keep the score tied at five runs a apiece apiece apiece piece into the bottom of the sixth Having allowed two runners on base the Rebels proceeded to load the bases by walking short shortstop shortstop shortstop stop Drew Larsen With the bases loaded and the score tied Dixie State brought in an extra infielder trying to cut off the go ahead run now waiting to score from third I like that situation said right fielder Tyler Kay about what happened happened happened hap hap- next I get excited when I 1 Ican Ican can get up there and do that As Kay stepped up to the plate he noticed a hole in right field and waited when the perfect pitch came he let it rip The ball sailed far into right field despite a stiff wind and the ball fell just short of ofa a grand slam home run Tyler used his speed to turn the hit into a triple driving in three more runs and putting the Bruins up for I good The Bruins would add another five runs in the sixth inning and hold Dixie without a score in the top of the seventh to beat the Rebels 13 to 5 in the fourth and final game of the weekend After the game Coach Groves said Were Very Proud of these guys they battled all four games against a very good Dixie club who is a traditional conference power The Bruins head to Las Vegas this week to face the conference leading Coyotes of this Friday and Saturday SCORES SeD S Game 1 Fri l 1 pm 1 12 2 3 4 5 6 7 R RHE H E Dixie State College 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 Yr Yf Game 2 Fri pm 1 2345 67 R RHE H E Dixie 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 6 61 1 oJ 0 0 1 3 0 0 x 4 5 50 0 g K Game 3 Sat 12 pm 1 12 2 3 4 5 6 7 R RHE H HE E s. s i- i Dixie 03 00 3 10 0 r. r 1 1 00 2 25 5 0 i A i 1 Game 4 Sat pm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H HE E v Dixie 00 0 5 5 6 63 3 p 00 8 x 13 1312 12 0 |