OLSEN SETS HR RECORD BUT LOGGERS FALL
PORTLAND, Ore. - Using a solo home run in the top of the third, senior Michael Olsen (Niwot, Colo.) became the new school record holder for home runs in a season but the Lewis & Clark Pioneers defeated the Puget Sound Loggers, 17-7, in a Northwest Conference baseball game on Saturday afternoon in Portland, Ore. The Loggers lead game two, 9-4, in the top of the seventh but will have to wait until Sunday to resume that game as it was called because of darkness.
In the first game, the Pioneers exploded for six runs in the bottom of the second and then equaled that in the bottom of the third to take a 12-1 lead after just three full frames. Shaun Kiriu (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou) drove in two runs in the top of the fourth but L&C answered back with three in the bottom of the inning to push their lead to 15-3. The Loggers added a single run in the fifth before the Pios finished their scoring with two runs in the sixth. The final runs came in the top of the seventh with three Logger runs before the game was declared official.
Dusty Kauflin (Boulder, Colo.) took the loss, allowing 11 runs, nine of them earned, on just three hits with eight walks and four strikeouts in two and one-third innings pitched.
The home run by Olsen was his 12th of the season, passing the previous record of 11 by current UPS head coach Brian Billings.
The Loggers and Pioneers will resume the four game series on Sunday, beginning at noon.
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