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Park University (AZ)

OFFICIAL SITE OF PARK UNIVERSITY GILBERT BUCCANEERS
5
Park- Gilbert PUG 9-19
9
Winner OUAZ OUAZ 15-21
Park- Gilbert PUG
9-19
5
Final
9
OUAZ OUAZ
15-21
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Park- Gilbert PUG 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 3
OUAZ OUAZ 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 X 9 6 0

W: J. Dominguez (2-3) L: Chavira, Joseph (1-2) S: T. Fallon (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bucs Fall at OUAZ 9-5

For the third time in four games in 2022, the Park University Gilbert baseball team (9-19) fell to the Ottawa (Ariz.) Spirit (15-21), this time it was a 9-5 loss at the Kansas City Royals minor league facility in Surprise, Ariz.

This was a back-and-forth battle with each team holding the lead multiple times. The Buccaneers jumped on top in the first as Travis Moore hit his second home run of the season. OUAZ responded in the bottom of the first with their own solo shot from Adrian Salazar to tie the game at 1-1.

Park Gilbert answered right back in the top of the second as a Chris Amador triple brought home two more runs to the put Park back in the lead 3-1. But as they did in the first, the Spirit answered right back in the bottom half of the frame with three runs.

For the third time, the Bucs retook the lead in the third. After a Julian Garcia-Schroeder double and Joey Martinez was hit by a pitch. Aaron Lizarraga then moved them up with a sacrifice bunt and Joel Adamson drove them home with a single give the Bucs a 5-4 lead.

After holding the Spirit in check for the bottom of the third, OUAZ jumped back on top 7-5 in the fourth behind a two-run home run from Salazar and an RBI single.

The bats for both teams fell silent for the next three innings as neither team could get much going. Then in the bottom of the eighth, the Spirit added two insurance runs on a solo home run and a sacrifice fly.

Luke Turner got the start on the hill for the Bucs he went 2.0 innings allowing four runs (three earned). Joseph Chavira (1-2) takes the loss after giving up three runs in his two innings of relief work. Logan White held the OUAZ bats in check with three innings of scoreless relief allowing only one hit. Jared Thompson (2 runs) and Matthew Medina threw in the eighth.

At the plate, Amador went 2-4 with two RBI, Julian Garcia Schroeder also went 2-4 with a double.

The Buccaneers now return home for a three-game conference series against first place Antelope Valley on Friday and Saturday April 1-2. Friday's contest starts at 3 p.m. with a double header on Saturday starting at 11 a.m.

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