| Show Sports Bruin Baseball Prepared for Dixie Rematch Nate Wilcox Contributing Writer A new roller coaster opened recently recently recently recent recent- ly at Lagoon Sounds like fun but with gas prices at an time all-time high and Lagoon some 30 miles away save some money Just go watch the Salt Lake Community College Bruin baseball baseball baseball base base- ball team because their season has been nothing short of a roll roller r coaster ride After starting the season with a 2 1 record the Bruins went on a roll winning winning winning win win- ning seven straight games Unfortunately their next series was on the road against conference rival Dixie State College Down in St. St George the Bruin win streak vanished They posted posted posted post post- ed four straight losses and got 6 outscored 17 6 along the way Next up for the Bruins was everyone at favorite rival the College of Southern Idaho After arriving home prepared to face off with the aforementioned College of Southern Idaho at Cate Gate Field After the first game they probably wished Southern Idaho hadn't made the trip because the Bruin losing streak carried carried carried car car- ried over one more game with 7 3 defeat With the loss the Bruins record fell to eight wins and seven losses they desperately needed some wins to get their team back on track So they turned to pitcher Nick Ison He responded by pitching a complete game shutout leading the way for the Bruins who got back to their previous winning ways with a 3 0 victory then finished off Southern Idaho by winning two more games over the weekend They even outscored their opponent from Southern Idaho by a combined 21 runs over the three game winning streak Our strength is definitely pitching said Bruin head coach DG Nelson After the series against Southern Idaho the Bruins made way for the Community College of Southern Nevada In the first game of a four game series the Bruins came up short J losing by a final score of A 4 In the the next game the Bruins N N h i fo 5 i WV t r- r X 6 Y o. o W s t F. F J Y T Fa 4 o r JI- JI r tY Y c CO 5 c L- L La a en enCO COW W m CO w a m o 0 oa oC m C rw r rR Bruin Baseball has given their fans nothing less than an exciting season The team went into a seven game winning streak then after their defeat at Dixie the Bruins loss four games in a row shut down Southern Nevada quite literally literally literally lit lit- winning 10 Pitcher Nick Ison again came through pitching 5 scoreless innings before the game was called due to the ten run rule In Inthe Inthe Inthe the final two games of the series both teams managed one win apiece With Southern Nevada in the rearview mirror was ready for forthe forthe forthe the College of Eastern Utah The trip to Price was definitely worth it since the Bruins ran off three straight victories victories victories victo victo- ries before falling by one run in the final game In the following week split a two game series with Dawson Community College After posting four wins in their previous previous previous pre pre- six games the Bruins made the trip to Northern Colorado facing off with Colorado Northwestern Community College As with the Bruin basketball teams the baseball team also had little trouble with the struggling school in Northern Colorado ripped off four straight victories and t he fiTS V threes three games they outscored by an astonishing 30 runs In fact tact the Bruins didn't even allow Colorado Northwestern a run until the fourth inning of the final game of the series series Now that the ride was back on track prepared for their rematches with Dixie In the first two games Dixie shut the Bruins down winning 11 0 and 2 l. But in the final two games returned the favor and beat Dixie 4 1 and 4 In the following following following follow follow- ing series the winning streak carried over And was able to complete a clean four game sweep over Southern Idaho This put the Bruins record at 27 13 going into their series with Southern Nevada In the four game series the Bruins lost three of four dropping their record to 28 wins and 16 losses With the remaining two games of the regular season against Colorado Northwestern look for the Bruins to enter the regional playoffs on a high If they do look out because we J w I what can happen once the Bruins get on a good roll |
