Russell Young following through on his swing, head down
Alisha Alexander/LC State Warriors
2
British Columbia BRITISH 11-5
16
Winner Lewis-Clark State LEWIS-CL 6-3
British Columbia BRITISH
11-5
2
Final
16
Lewis-Clark State LEWIS-CL
6-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
British Columbia BRITISH 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 3
Lewis-Clark State LEWIS-CL 5 1 5 0 2 0 2 1 X 16 16 2

W: D. George (1-0) L: Heppner, Sean (0-1) S: T. Grote (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Toby Kerr (UBC Communications)

T-Birds drop series opener at No.3-ranked LC State

LEWISTON, Idaho – Playing on the road against one of the top teams in the country, the UBC Thunderbirds (11-5) fell to the No.3-ranked Lewis-Clark State Warriors (6-3) 16-2 to open their four game non-conference series.

Russell Young accounted for three of the T-Birds five hits, while leading off and catching. David Draayers also had a walk, a double and a run in defeat.

Sean Heppner (0-1) took the loss on the mound for the 'Birds, but did rack up four strikeouts over his two innings.

Kellen Bourne running hard up the first base line after putting the ball in play

HOW IT HAPPENED

LC State put up five in the first inning to take control early. Brandon Cabrera and Nick Seamons were each hit by a pitch before a fielder's choice off the bat of Charlie Updegrave put runners on the corners. Jake Gish sent a single to right to plate the game's first run.

Dominic Signorelli, Pu'ukani De Sa and Bulla Ephan struck for three straight doubles to push the Warrior lead to 5-0 after an inning of play.

Starter Drake George struck out a pair in the top of the second and LC State went back to work at the plate. Carter Booth doubled to lead off the frame, Seamons reached on an error and Gish reached on a fielder's choice to load the bases. A walk to De Sa made it 6-0.

Dylan Myttenar striding forward during his pitch delivery

Highlight reel defensive plays by Charlie Updegrave in right field and Drake George on the mound helped LC State hold UBC scoreless.

The Warriors put up another five spot in the home half of the third to push the advantage to 11-0.

Ike George walked and Cabrera singled up the middle. Cabrera stole second and Ike George scored on an error on the play for the first run of the inning. Booth walked to put two on before Seamons sent a ball over the wall in center for his first home run of the season.

Updegrave kept the inning going with a walk and Gish and Signorelli tallied two straight hits to cap the inning.

UBC put its first run on the board in the top of the fifth, as Aaron Marsh singled home Draayers.

Kellen Bourne at the peak of his follow through after a swing, arms fully extended and bat high in the air

The T-Birds added to their total in the seventh when Jaden Lamothe scampered home from third on a Young groundout, making it 13-2 at the time.

The Warriors added three more runs over the next two innings to finish the 16-2 win.

UP NEXT

The Thunderbirds continue the non-conference series on Saturday with a doubleheader slated for a 12:00 p.m. (PT) start.

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