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The Warriors, 35-7, took both sides of this two-game set with the Thunderbirds. L-C has won all four games this season against UBC, a fellow NAIA Region I team.
Fisher, a transfer from Citrus Community College in California, went seven innings, allowing seven hits and four earned runs. He garned the win to improve to 5-1.
Last Thursday, the hard-throwing Fisher also went seven innings in a victory over Azusa Pacific.
Fisher did fall into an early deficit, as British Columbia's Adam Campbell belted a two-run homer in the first inning. But that would be the Thunderbirds' only offense until the fifth.
The Warriors took the lead in the second with a five-run outburst. Anthony Slagle and Justin Fuller nailed RBI singles during that rally and, with two outs, Allen Balmer hit a two-run single up the middle.
L-C added two runs in the third and three in the fifth to take a 10-2 lead.
UBC brought home two more runs in the bottom of the fifth. But Fisher induced a grounder that turned into an inning-ending double play.
Austin Weilep, who replaced Fisher for the last two innings, allowed one hit and no runs.
Fuller went 3-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to 18 games. Balmer and Ryan Stevenson also collected three hits apiece. Slagle, Balmer and Jose Rodriguez each drove in two runs.
The Warriors, who have won their last seven outings, will return to Harris Field for a series with Western Baptist. The teams will play at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and will stage a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
NOTES -- The Warriors moved up a spot to No. 2 in this week's NAIA Top 25, leapfrogging Embry-Riddle, Fla. (40-6). The Warriors drew six first-place votes and 593 points, 24 points behind Oklahoma City (47-4), which was No. 1 for the third consecutive week.
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