LONG BALL LEADS LOGGERS PAST CAVS IN SEASON OPENER
McMINNVILLE, Ore. - Senior Michael Olsen (Niwot) hit the game-winning double in the top of the 11th inning as the Puget Sound Loggers won their 2008 season opener, 9-8, over the Concordia (Ore.) Cavaliers at the Doran Auto Group Spring Classic at Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore.
The Loggers (1-0) got on the scoreboard in the top of the second when Olsen hit a two-run home run over the left field fence that scored Joe Newland (Tulalip, Wash./Marysville-Pilchuck) and gave Puget Sound a 2-0 lead. Following a single Concordia run in the bottom of the inning and three more in the bottom of the third, the Loggers took the lead again in the top of the fourth when Jason Powell (Redwood City, Calif./Sacred Heart Prep) hit a three-run dinger to score Olsen and David Thirlby (Seattle, Wash./O'Dea) and give Puget Sound a 5-4 lead.
Concordia evened things up in the bottom of inning and the teams traded runs for the next few innings. Down one run headed into the ninth inning, it was Olsen again playing the hero, hitting a solo home run that tied the game at 8-8 to force the extra frames.
In the 11th, Gregorio Beck (Chico, Calif.) singled to left field to get on base and then advanced to second on a balk, setting up Olsen's game-winning double.
Ryan Gustafson (Bellevue, Wash./Sammamish) earned the win for the Loggers, allowing just two hits in three scoreless innings with one strikeout and one walk. Tom Glassman (Tacoma, Wash./Biola) got the start for Puget Sound, allowing six runs, five of them earned, in six innings pitched with one walk and six strikeouts. Olsen finished the day three-for-four from the plate with four runs scored and four runs batted in. Beck was three-of-six in the number three spot.
The Loggers will take on host Linfield on Saturday with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 p.m. in McMinnville.
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