| Show Bruin Baseball Gains Ground Quinn Kimball Sports Editor The Salt Lake Community College Baseball team moved a little bit closer to first place this past weekend The Bruins traveled to the campus of the Spartans of Colorado Northwestern for a four game series The Bruins left the weekend weekend weekend week week- end series series in Colorado with 3 victories and moved to with in striking distance of first place olace Dixie Having won only 1 of their first 16 conference games the Spartans upset the Bruins in m the first contest by bythe bythe bythe the score of 3 Starting pitching for both teams proved key and the Spartans were able to must runs in the most opportune times to steal the first first Salt Lake native Ryan OKeefe picked nicked u UD UP his third win of th the season in in n the contest A combination on of tough pitching by bruins bruins bruins bru bru- ins starters Mark Hardy and Sean Olsen and a mound of offense by bruins leaders Justin Sotelo and Blake proved roved too much for the Spartans as the Bruins ruins took the next three games 7 3 8 2 5 With the win the Bruins improve their record to 19 14 and a 10 record in conference conference conference con con- ference good enough for the and final playoff layoff spot in the Scenic West Vest Athle Athletic c Conference With their 3 wins the Bruins move to within 6 games of 1st place Dixie rebels rebels' and 3 games from the th third rd place Eagles of Southern Idaho After a week 2 road trip in which the Bruins went 5 3 they will return home to Cate Gate Field on Friday and Saturday for a 4 game series with 1st place Dixie who struggled with Southern Nevada over th the weekend In their first meeting at St. St Geor George e the Bruins won won 1 of nf 4 in m n a 2 al r Photo courtesy of or on 0 o shutout And although they lost the next 3 2 were lost by a mere point Past mental errors and nd the pitchers inability to stay ahead of the batters cost the Bruins early on in inthe inthe inthe the season but coach Nelson continues to minimize minimize minimize mini mini- mize lapses that sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times have cost them theo the o ame They Bruins will will need to be on top of their game against Dixie as Dixie comes in ranked in the top 15 for Junior Colleges All coverage for Bruins baseball games can be heard hear the night of the games at the thet t c v j V in in u 11 i i L y y colleges college's web web- site under ath ath- ath- ath |
