The Warriors, who held Whitworth to three hits in a 5-0 win on Wednesday in Lewiston, also defeated Concordia 7-0 on Sunday. The pitching staff has now gone 29 innings without giving up a run, one short of the 2005 season when the staff went 30 innings.

 

LCSC also pitched three consecutive shutouts in 1980 and '81. The Warriors have never had four consecutive shutouts.

 

In winning their eighth straight game and posting its eighth shutout of the season, including four in their last five games, the Warriors had a solid all-around game, checking Whitworth on two hits and blasting six home runs at the plate.

 

Junior right-hander Matt Fitts, who blanked Concordia 4-0 last Friday, again was outstanding. He pitched seven innings of two-hit ball with one walk and nine strikeouts. Fitts, 8-0 overall, has struck out 35 in his last four starts and leads the team in both wins and strikeouts (72).

 

Blaine Hardy pitched the final two innings and gave up one walk to go with three strikeouts. In the two games against Whitworth, LCSC pitchers allowed just five hits in 18 innings and struck out 27. The two hits allowed Thursday night is the lowest hit total for an LCSC opponent this season.

 

The Warriors were just as impressive at the plate, collecting 18 hits to improve to 37-4 on the season. Whitworth, which lost its 10th straight game, is 11-25.

 

LCSC hit six home runs in a game for the second time this season and in a week. Four Warriors, Mickey Pingree, Josh Ashenbrenner, Chris Valencia, and Bret Spencer, hit their first home runs of the season, while senior Kyle Greene hit his team-leading 16th homer. Green has hit four home runs in LCSC's last four games.

 

Ashenbrenner, a sophomore, had his best game at the plate this season as he drove in a season-high five RBI. He was the only Warrior to drive in more than one run as the other five home runs were also solo blasts.

 

The Warriors scored a run in the first on Greene's home run, three in the second on Brian Ward's (shown above) solo home run, an RBI single by Brent Wyatt, and a sacrifice fly by Paul Martin, and two in the third on a two-run single by Ashenbrenner for a 6-0 lead.

 

In the fourth, the Warriors doubled the advantage, using five hits and a hit batter for a 6-0 lead. Sean Halton's sacrifice fly drove in the first run, while Bernard Pena added an RBI single. Ashenbrenner then connected for his three-run home run, which was followed by Valencia's solo shot.

 

While Whitworth didn't collect a hit after the fourth inning, the Warriors kept rolling. Spencer started the seventh inning with his solo home run, while Pingree did the same in the eighth.

 

Ashenbrenner and Ward finished with three hits apiece, while Wyatt, Greene, and Valencia added two each.