When asked about a salvo he
smacked -- the one that was
ruled a double, but might have
been a home run -- Brandon
Ramsey basically laughed off the
incident. "That just leaves
something to do later," he said.
The Lewis-Clark State slugger
was obviously in a jovial mood
-- and with good reason.
Ramsey went 5-for-8 with
seven RBI, as the Warriors
roughed up Cal Baptist in both
sides of Wednesday's
doubleheader at Harris Field.
LCSC won 9-4 and 14-2.
The Warriors' victory streak
is now at 10 games, and their
record is 18-4. They have beaten
the Lancers (8-14-1) five times
over the last week, and will try
to complete a sweep in their
final meeting today at 3 p.m.
In the second game, with L-C
already up 4-0 in the third
inning, Ramsey came to bat with
two men on base. He swatted a
low-arcing shot to left field,
which ricocheted off the wall
and allowed both runners to
score.
But which wall did it bang
into? At Harris Field, hits that
bounce off the second level of
advertising -- which rises above
the main wall -- are home runs.
It was unclear which barrier
Ramsey's ball smacked.
"We've seen it happen
before," said Ramsey, a junior
outfielder. "It happened to B-Mor
(Brandon Morris) and I think it
happened to someone else, too.
It's just the field we play on.
"I got the ribbies," he
added. "That's all I care
about."
The most eventful segment of
the day came in the first inning
of the second game. Three of the
first five L-C batters cracked
hits, and the other two reached
on a walk and an error.
At that point, Cal Baptist
coach Gary Adcock visited
pitcher Daniel Montanez. Adcock
then started arguing with umpire
Doug Thornton, who eventually
ejected the coach.
The Lancers' fielding didn't
do them any favors in the second
game. They committed six errors,
three of which came in that
opening inning.
Meanwhile, Cal Baptist's
lineup made little headway
against L-C pitcher Chris
Kissock. The right-handed
freshman had a no-hitter going
through 5l innings, until
allowing a triple and a home run
on back-to-back batters.
Kissock worked seven innings,
allowed three hits, walked two
and struck out 11 -- an LCSC
season high. He has the team's
best record at 4-0.
"He's one of our better guys
as a freshman," coach Ed Cheff
said. "That's kind of unusual
for us, to have a freshman as
one of our top starters.
"He pitches down --
everything is always down, down,
down. You don't get a lot of
good pitches to hit."
L-C's pitching wasn't as
spectacular in the opener, but
it was solid. After allowing
three hits and a run during the
first two innings, starter
Carlos Fisher blanked Cal
Baptist over a four-inning
stretch. Derrick Landavazo then
rang up five strikeouts in three
innings of relief.
LCSC had just a 3-1 lead
before posting three-run
deposits in both the seventh and
eighth frames. Justin Fuller
slapped a two-run single in the
seventh.
Allen Balmer was the most
active hitter in that game,
going 4-for-5.
