LOGGERS SWEEP PAST PIOS
TACOMA, Wash. - On a day that saw a little bit of rain, a little bit of sleet, a little bit of hail and even a little bit of snow, the Puget Sound Loggers survived the elements to sweep past the Lewis & Clark Pioneers, 4-2 and 8-0, in a Northwest Conference softball doubleheader on Saturday at Logger Softball Field in Tacoma, Wash.
In the first game, the Loggers got on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the second when Hilary Rice (St. Paul, Minn./St. Paul Academy) singled in Stephanie Hatley (Keizer, Ore./McNary). The Pios took advantage of a few Logger miscues in the top of the third to put two across but junior Victoria Raeburn (Portland, Ore./Gladstone) single-handedly struck back in the bottom of the fourth with a lead-off home run. Raeburn went deep again in the bottom of the sixth and Rice grounded out to second base to score Caroline Moore (Seattle, Wash./Holy Names Academy) to give the Loggers the 4-2 win.
Andi Doerflinger (Juneau, Alaska/Juneau-Douglas) picked up the win to improve to 3-6 on the year, allowing two runs on six hits with four strikeouts.
In the second game, it was all Loggers from the first pitch as Lindsay Fujita (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou) hit a lead-off home run in the bottom of the first to give UPS the early 1-0 lead. The Loggers added three more in the second, including two on a single by Meghan Watson (Brier, Wash./Mountlake Terrace) that scored Fujita and Kelli Ishii (Aiea, Hawaii/Punahou). Two more Logger runs came across in the third inning on a single by Rice that scored Moore and Hatley.
The Logger offensive showcase continued in the fourth when Raeburn singled to left field to score Watson and then the winning run came across in the bottom of the sixth when Moore reached on an error by the L&C shortstop Jamie Moon that allowed Valarie Barone (San Jose, Calif./Leigh) to score as the Loggers took game two, 8-0.
Auriel Sperberg (Tacoma, Wash./Graham-Kapowsin) collected the win, allowing three hits in six scoreless innings pitched, striking out seven Pioneer batters and walking just one.
The Loggers were scheduled to play George Fox on Sunday but the Bruins were forced to cancel the final four games of their season, citing excessive injuries. Instead, the Loggers will now wait until Saturday to take on Pacific Lutheran in the final two home games for Puget Sound in 2008.
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