Saint’s baseball rolls; extends streak

The Saints came back from a 5-0 deficit against the Lane Titans on Wednesday, rallying for a 9-7 win.

The Saints have put together another winning streak. Currently riding 8 straight victories, Mt. Hood scored 11 runs in their first win, and another nine in their second during last weekend’s sweep of the Linn Benton Roadrunners.
In game one, the Saints poured in five first inning runs to take a commanding lead.

Starter Isaac Henslee only threw four innings, giving up four earned runs and two unearned, but relief pitcher Brian Capps came in to throw five scoreless innings to earn the win, his first of the season as Henslee would walk away with a no decision.

Eight Mt. Hood hitters drove in runs, including sophomore Tristan Metcalf who had two RBIs in the blowout win.

Both teams combined for eight errors in the first game, with the Saints committing three of their own, pulling off an impressive 11-6 blowout. The bats stayed hot in game two as Mt. Hood took an early 1-0 lead after the first inning.

The third inning saw seven runs come in for the Saints. Sophomore catcher Dane Lund went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs, and freshmen Cody Childs and Hunter Weiss each drove in two of their own. Sophomore starter Taylor Williams threw five scoreless innings for his third win of the season, with Mt. Hood winning 9-0.

After a strong weekend, Mt. Hood would welcome the third place Lane Titans for a two game set on Tuesday.

The Titans offense wasted no time going to work, putting up five runs in the first inning on starter Zev Egli, forcing his shortest outing of the season as Egli only lasted to the end of the first.

The Saints would tack on one run in the first, and another four in the second to tie the game 5-5. Capps relieved Egli to pitch four innings, surrendering one run and striking out three. Metcalf picked up where he left off over the weekend driving in four runs during Mt. Hood’s game one victory as he and Sophomore Nick Paxton both went 2-for-5. Paxton would contribute three RBIs increasing his team lead in the category to 20.

Lane scored in the eighth to come within two, but closer Christian Bannister came in to shut it down yet again for a 9-7 victory. Bannister recorded his league leading tenth save, reducing his ERA to an even 1.00.
The second game of the double header would feature Saints leader in wins, sophomore Riley Barr.

The Saints’ offense gave Barr an early 3-0 lead after the first, which proved to be more than enough as Barr threw a complete game, only giving up three runs and striking out eight Titan batters in seven innings on the mound.
Weiss and freshman Shea Coates each drove in two runs during the second game, as Mt. Hood won yet again, 7-3.

Barr’s sixth victory of the year tied him with seven others for fifth in wins in the NWAACC.

Wednesday the Saints traveled to Linn Benton for a double header. Freshman pitcher Eric Huson started game one and threw nine solid innings, only allowing two runs and struck out five for his third win this season.
Metcalf went 2-for-3, driving in another four runs and Weiss added two RBI as Mt. Hood won 9-2. Sophomore Christopher Mood started game two, throwing four innings, only giving up one run.

Sophomore Eddie Crowe pitched the final three innings to earn the win. The Saints used four sixth inning runs to earn a 5-1 victory.

Mt. Hood took their 10 game win streak to Clackamas for a double header Thursday, results were unavailable by production.

Advocate Staff