Red Hawks End Season with Loss

Men's Baseball - Turlock, CA (4/20/2008)

Simpson ended its 2008 season with two loss to CSU Stanislaus 2-9 and 6-14.

In game one, Simpson got one run in the eighth and one run in the ninth after Federico departed to avoid the shutout. Zach Gibbins (2-for-4) and Ryan Cadaret (2-for-4, RBI, stolen base) had multiple-hit games for the Red Hawks in game one.

Simpson's game one starter Ed Davila had a decent day outside of the third and fourth innings. Davila gave up seven runs on eight hits in those innings, but surrendered just two runs and eight hits in his five other innings of work. Davila took the loss to drop his record to 2-7.

In game two, the Warriors had two separate six-run innings to fuel their
14-6 win. Simpson committed four errors in the game, allowing the Warriors to score eight unearned runs, four of them coming in a six-run second inning.

The Warriors got another first inning homerun in game two, courtesy of Oketani's two-run shot, his first of the season, to give the Warriors a 2-0 lead.

Things unraveled for the Red Hawks in the sixth with two errors. The first allowed Tom Long to reach first with one out. After a Loretelli single, Dante Palacios doubled home both runners to increase Cal State Stanislaus'
lead to 4-0. Dennis Wolfe would score Palacios, and after a walk to Oketani, Jacob Thelen tripled to right-center field to put the Warriors up 7-0. Thelen would later score on a wild throw by Red Hawk third shortstop Patrick Roman that allowed David Contreras to reach first.

Back-to-back doubles by Dustin Donnell and Tom Long to lead off the fifth inning got things started again for the Warriors. The Warriors would get six hits, including three doubles, and score six runs in the inning to push their lead to 14-4.

Long continued getting hotter Saturday after finding success at the plate against Cal State Dominguez Hills last weekend. Long went 5-for-8 with an RBI, three runs scored and two doubles to raise his average 36 points in one day, from .220 to .256.

It was the freshman Anthony Smith picking up his second straight victory in game two, pitching four innings and allowing three runs while striking out two. Red Hawk starter Kirk Marshlain gave up eight runs, only two earned, and got a strikeout in two innings of work to drop his record to 1-4.

The Red Hawks improved tremendously from having two back to back season with only three wins to this season recording eleven. The future is looking bright for Rick Boestti and the Simpson Red Hawks for next season.