BASEBALL LOSES TWICE TO YAVAPAI

For Immediate Release: February 18, 2009

Prescott Ariz: It was a long afternoon for the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack Baseball Team.  As the ‘Pack continued Spring Training 2009 in Arizona, they lost both ends of a doubleheader to one of the top Junior College programs in the United States, the Yavapai RoughRiders.  The scores were 9-4 in the first game and 1-0 in the second.

“We didn’t play very well in either game,” said WolfPack head coach Ray Chadwick. “We had only 3 hits in the first game with only four or five base runners. The second game saw us in scoring position, we couldn’t push the tying run across.”

Mike Tomlinson (RHP, Campbell River, BC)  started in the first game for TRU and was tagged with the loss.  He went four innings surrendering six hits, seven runs (5 earned), walking five and striking out 2.  He has lost both his starts this spring. Thomlinson  was relieved by Morgan Zahara (RHP, Rycroft, Alta) who gave up two runs on one hit.

Bryan Burston (Catcher, Kelowna, BC) was 1 for 2.  Dillon Morgan (1st base, Camp Verde, Az) and Kyle Dhanani (shortstop, Blaine, Wash) were both 1 for 3.

In the second game, Jordan Broatch (RHP, White Rock, BC) was the loser. He gave up seven hits, the one run, had two strikeouts and a walk.  It was his second loss of the spring.    Brock Stewart (Catcher/Outfield, Penticton, BC) was 2 for 3.  Rob Morrison (1st base, Calgary, Alta) was 1 for 2.

The WolfPack are now 2 and 4 in their pre season. They have two games on Thursday (Feb 19).  They meet the Glendale Junior College Vaqueros of Phoenix at 1 pm  before meeting up with the Gateway Junior College Geckos of Mesa Arizona in the evening at 6 pm.
Their home debut at Norbrock Stadium in Kamloops is March 21 st against the Prairie Baseball Academy and Kwantlen Polytechnic.