From Internet Reports
LEWISTON, Idaho – William Carey University hit a bump in the road Tuesday night at the NAIA World Series.
Westmont (Cal.) spotted the Crusaders three runs in the second inning, then slammed the door shut on the way to a 7-3 victory in a clash of the two remaining undefeated teams in the Series field.
The loss drops No. 4 seed Carey (49-10) into an elimination game at 5:05 p.m. Wednesday against host Lewis-Clark State (Idaho). The third-seeded Warriors (46-8) will face Southeastern (Fla.) in the other semifinal contest.
The Crusaders started off in good shape, loading the bases with one out in the top of the first inning, but failed to score, while junior left-hander Dario Herrera got a double play to erase a leadoff walk in the bottom of the inning.
Carey kept the heat on against Westmont starter Eric Oseguara in the second inning. With one out, junior Kris Jones walked and junior Brayden Coffey reached on an error.
Junior R.J. Stinson cleared the bases with an opposite-field triple down the rightfield line, and he scored on a single by Bobby Lada for a 3-0 lead.
But it didn’t last. The Warriors came right back in the bottom of the second inning with a two-run rally. A leadoff double and a single put runners at the corners, and a single scored one run and the other was an unearned run on a sacrifice fly after an error.
Westmont tied it up in the fourth and chased Herrera in the process, with freshman Lane Jarreau coming on with two out and two on. The Warriors cashed in with an RBI single to tie the game.
Offensively, Carey did little else against Oseguera, or his replacement Zach Yates, who came on in the sixth.
The Crusaders did not get another runner past second base until the ninth inning, and only had two innings after the second where they put more than one runner on base.
The Warriors took the lead off Jarreau (6-1) with two runs in the seventh after one was out. Back-to-back doubles produced the go-ahead run and a bases-loaded single scored the second run of the inning.
Westmont added two insurance runs in the eighth on a leadoff single, a two-base error on a pickoff attempt and a sacrifice fly, and four walks got another run home.
Carey should have junior right-hander Andrew Shirah available to pitch against Lewis-Clark State (36-17), which stayed alive with an 8-3 win over Taylor (Ind.) Southeastern (57-5) eliminated Indiana Wesleyan 6-4 in Tuesday’s other action.
Carey Baseball Linescore
NAIA World Series
Monday at Harris Field, Lewiston, Idaho
Westmont (Cal.) 7, William Carey 3
William Carey 030 000 000 – 3 7 2
Westmont 020 100 22x – 7 13 3
WILLIAM CAREY (49-10): R.J. Stinson 3B, 1B; Bobby Lada 2 1B; Preston Ratliff 2 1B; Rigoberto Hernandez 1B. LP – Lane Jarreau (6-1). Also pitching – Dario Herrera (starter); Preston Ratliff.
WESTMONT (46-8): Robbie Haw 2B, 1B; Brady Renck 2B; Ryan DeSaegher 2B; Bryce McFeely 2B; Parker O’Neil 1B; Finn Snyder 1B; Daniel Patterson 2 1B; Shane Hofstadler 2B; Michael Soper 2 1B. WP – Zach Yates (4-1). Save – Gabe Arteaga (9). Also pitching – Eric Oseagua (starter) 6 Ks.
NAIA World Series
At Harris Field, Lewiston, Idaho
(Single bracket, double-elimination)
Friday
Taylor (Ind.) 6, Mid-American Nazarene (Kan.) 5
Westmont (Cal.) 7, Cumberlands (Ky.) 3
William Carey 6, Bellevue (Neb.) 4
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 12, Indiana Wesleyan 4
Saturday
Mid-American-Nazarene (Kan.) 4, Cumberlands (Ky.) 3, Cumberlands eliminated
Indiana Wesleyan 5, Bellevue (Neb.) 3, 11 innings, Bellevue eliminated
Taylor (Ind.) 23, Georgia Gwinnett 7
Southeastern (Fla.) 5, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 2
Monday
Indiana Wesleyan 11, Georgia Gwinnett 10, Georgia Gwinnett eliminated
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 16, Mid-American Nazarene (Kan.) 7, Mid-Am Nazarene eliminated
Westmont (Cal.) 15, Taylor (Ind.) 9
William Carey 13, Southeastern (Fla.) 4
Tuesday
Lewis-Clark State(Idaho) 8, Taylor (Ind.) 3, Taylor eliminated
Southeastern (Fla.) 6, Indiana Wesleyan 4, Indiana Wesleyan eliminated
Westmont (Cal.) 7. William Carey 3
Wednesday
5:05 p.m. – William Carey (49-10) vs. Lewis-Clark State, Idaho (36-17); 8:35 p.m. – Westmont, Cal. (46-8) vs. Southeastern (57-5).
