2008 Woodie Awards
Baseball sweeps Southern Utah
Gaels jump to third place in WCC preseason
Sean Kent
Issue date: 3/20/07 Section: Sports
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The streak has reached 14 games in a row and has catapulted Saint Mary's into third place in the West Coast Conference preseason standings.
Much like their past few weekend series, Saint Mary's set the tone in the Friday opener with a convincing 10-0 win.
Junior Sean Gleason earned his fourth straight win, striking out 11, while only allowing seven hits in eight and two thirds innings. Over this four game stretch, Gleason has struck out 35 while compiling a 0.30 ERA. Matt McCormick '10 retired the final batter to secure the shutout.
Offensively, the squad batted around in the first inning and knocked in five runs in the inning to coast to an early advantage.
Freshman Randy Wells led the attack, going 3-5 with three RBIs, while fellow freshman Anthony Allioti tacked on another two RBIs with a hit.
Saturday brought yet another double-header.
The first game was another comfortable win for the Gaels, beating the Thunderbirds 9-4.
Four runs in the first three innings, coupled with two in the sixth and another three in the eighth gave Brandon Berl '10 all the support he needed. He recorded his second win while fanning 10 and allowing only one walk in seven full innings.
Senior J.P. Musgrove went 4-5 with a career high five RBIs, followed by junior Ian Gordon who added three hits and three RBIs of his own. Junior Alex Jensen pitched the final two innings of the games allowing only one run.
Saturday's second game was a much tighter affair, but the Gaels still escaped with a 4-3 win.
Joel Staples '09 hit his third homer of the season, a two run shot to left-center, in the first inning to give Saint Mary's the early advantage.
Senior Eric Cattoni and sophomore Cory Miller completed a double steal to ignite another two-run rally in the fifth.