Category Archives: Hawks Prairie Cardinals
Thursday scoreboard: Saints hold on and extend league lead
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Lacey Saints 10, Nisqually Silvers 9
After opening up a seven run lead in the first two innings, the Lacey Saints found themselves up 10-5 going into the bottom of the eighth (note: the game went just eight innings). A one out, two run double by Spencer Manjarrez (Oregon State) brought the Nisqually Silvers to within one, 10-9, with men on second and third base. But Derek Voigt (Peru State) struck out the next two batters to secure the win and push the Saints to one full game ahead of the Olympia Athletics for first place in the PSCL.
The Saints opened the game by loading the bases and quickly scored two runs on consecutive fielder’s choices by Devon Ferguson (Centralia College, North Thurston HS) and Dusty Kerns (Bellevue University). In the second inning, the wheels came off the bus for the Silvers and the Saints sent ten batters to the plate and scored five runs on just one hit to take a 7-0 lead.
The Silvers got two runs back in the fourth inning and Zac Smit (Grand View University) drove in one run with a single and Tyler Lundgren (Centralia College) drove in two more in the bottom of the seventh inning to cut the lead to just two runs going into the eighth.
In the eighth, the Silvers got the first two outs easily but issued a walk to Tyler Zwosta (Centralia College) and a single to Mario Sanelli (Saint Martin’s). Ferguson then capped off a 3-for-5, four RBI night with a three run home run that ran the Saints lead back to five runs, 10-5, and proved to be the game winning runs.
Zwosta, Sanelli and Ferguson each scored two runs for the Saints while Kerns had two hits, one run and an RBI. Jacob Landeis (Green River CC) got the win and Voigt picked up the save.
Manjarrez led the Silvers by going 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI and Smit and Lundgren each drove in two runs. Ryan Taylor (Olympic College) and Josh DeVaughn (Olympic College) each scored twice in the one run loss.
With just three regular season games left, the Saints drove their record to 12-6, one game ahead of the Olympia A’s and two games ahead of the Hawks Prairie Cardinals and West Olympia Linx. The top two teams get a first round bye in the PSCL tournament next weekend. The Silvers dropped to 4-14 and have now lost seven straight games.
Wednesday scoreboard: Saints extend lead on Cards, A’s keep pace
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
West Olympia Linx 3, Tumwater Brewers 2
Lacey Saints 3, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 1
Olympia A’s 6, Nisqually Silvers 5
PSCL wraps up weekday series
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Lacey Saints @ Hawks Prairie Cardinals – Saint Martin’s – 5:00 PM
West Olympia Linx @ Tumwater Brewers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Nisqually Silvers @ Olympia A’s – The RAC – 7:30 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: Cardinals, A’s cut Saints lead to half a game
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Hawks Prairie Cardinals 6, Lacey Saints 2
Olympia Athletics 3, Nisqually Silvers 2
Tumwater Brewers 4, West Olympia Linx 3
Chris McElderry’s (Oklahoma Wesleyan, Yelm HS) two run single and Chandler Tracy’s (Saint Martin’s) two run home run in a five run seventh inning busted the game wide open as the Hawks Prairie Cardinals won their second straight over the first place Lacey Saints, 6-2. McElderry went 3-for-3 and scored two runs along with his two RBI. Cody Evans (Oregon Tech, Yelm HS) had two hits and Connor Huesers (Wenatchee Valley CC) and Conor Cook (Central Washington) each drove in a run for the Cardinals. Shimpie Sato (Skagit Valley College) pitched seven scoreless innings to pick up the win. The Cardinals are now 10-7 in league play while the Saints drop to 10-6 and own just a half game lead over both the Cardinals and Olympia Athletics.
Nikko Saenz (St. Mary’s) went 3-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI and Bret Grey (Central Washington) and Riley Shintaffer (Centralia College) each had two hits to lead the Olympia Athletics to a 3-2 win over the Nisqually Silvers. Two two teams were tied 1-1 going into the bottom of the seventh when Saenz scored on a wild pitch and Grey drove in Bret Bitow (Saint Martin’s) for the eventual game winning run. Roderick Fields (Green River CC) gave up just one earned run on four hits over seven innings to get the win while Bitow struck out the side in a scoreless ninth to get the save. Brandon Evans (Colorado State-Pueblo), Jordan Falcon (New Mexico Highlands) and Spender Dodd (Saint Martin’s) had six of the Silvers’ seven hits. The win runs the A’s record to 10-7, just a half game behind the Saints.
Today (7/17): All six PSCL teams in action
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Nisqually Silvers @ Olympia Athletics – Saint Martin’s – 5:00 PM
Hawks Prairie Cardinals @ Lacey Saints – The RAC – 5:00 PM
West Olympia Linx @ Tumwater Brewers – The RAC – 7:30 PM
Monday scoreboard: A’s, Linx, Cardinals
Olympia Athletics 4, Nisqually Silvers 3
West Olympia Linx 6, Tumwater Brewers 4
Hawks Prairie Cardinals 3, Lacey Saints 2
Today (7/16): PSCL homestretch begins
The end of the Puget Sound Collegiate League is near and the homestretch kicks off this evening with three games featuring all six teams. As the season comes down to it’s last two weeks, the standings look like this…
- Lacey Saints – 10-4
- Hawks Prairie Cardinals – 8-7
- West Olympia Linx – 8-8
- Olympia Athletics – 7-8
- Tumwater Brewers – 7-8
- Nisqually Silvers – 4-10
Today begins with the West Olympia Linx facing the Tumwater Brewers at Saint Martin’s and the Nisqually Silvers taking on the Olympia Athletics at The RAC. Both games get started at 5:00 PM. In the nightcap, the the Hawks Prairie Cardinals look to close the gap on the Lacey Saints. First pitch is at 7:30.
Friday scoreboard: Senators move on in Kamloops; Bend splits with Cards, Silvers
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Hawks Prairie Cardinals 2, Bend Elks 1
Bend Elks 6, Nisqually Silvers 2 – Shortened due to LIGHTNING!
Thurston County Senators 6, Kelowna Jays 3
Seattle Studs 6, Thurston County Senators 1
Thanks to a five run fifth inning, the Thurston County Senators moved on to the elimination round of the Kamloops International Baseball Tournament with a 6-3 win over the Kelowna Jays this afternoon. Kyle Doucette and Derek Voigt each went 2-for-4 and Shane Schoeneberg hit his second home run of the tournament in the win.
In the final game of pool play, the Senators fell again to the Seattle Studs, 6-1. Eric O’Bryan went 2-for-2 and scored the Senators’ lone run. The Studs have won the KIBT five times in the last six years.
Today (7/13): Silvers, Cardinals face WCL Elks
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Hawks Prairie Cardinals vs. Bend Elks (split squad) – Saint Martin’s – 3:00 PM
Nisqually Silvers vs. Bend Elks (split squad) – Saint Martin’s – 5:00 PM
Wednesday scoreboard: Saint, Linx split, Cards spanked by Bluejackets
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Lacey Saints 6, West Olympia Linx 2
West Olympia Linx 14, Lacey Saints 9
Kitsap Bluejackets 11, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 1
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