BASEBALL @ SEATTLE BROADCAST

Baseball @ Seattle

On cam Take FSG: Baseball @ Seattle Lasts: 1:30 Adv: Johnson & Lively Adv: Minnick & Final Score Adv: Hamilton Adv: Pauley and Johnson Adv: Burkart & Skubal Adv: Maltese & SU big inning Adv: UNC big inning Adv: Leedholm On cam

(Anchor) WHEN YOUR OUTFIELDERS CAN’T SEE THE BASEBALL, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO WIN. THE BEARS’ OUTFIELDERS STRUGGLED UNDER THE LIGHTS IN THE NIGHTCAP OF A DOUBLEHEADER ON FRIDAY, EVENTUALLY LOSING THE SERIES TWO GAMES TO ONE. (vo) CONTROL WAS AN ISSUE FOR U-N-C PITCHERS ON FRIDAY, AS GAVIN GORE-ELL AND KARVER PATE COMBINED TO HIT FIVE REDHAWKS BATTERS IN GAME ONE ALONE. U-N-C JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY 2-0 LEAD IN THE FIRST ON A TWO-RUN DOUBLE BY EVAN JOHNSON. BUT S-U TOOK A 4-2 LEAD IN THE THIRD ON A BASES-CLEARING DOUBLE BY AUSTIN LIVELY. THE BEARS GOT ONE BACK IN THE FOURTH ON A LONG HOME RUN BY BRETT MINNICK, MAKING IT A FOUR-THREE GAME. SEATTLE ADDED TWO MORE IN THE FIFTH, WITH THE SECOND RUN PROVING TO BE THE GAME WINNER. IN THE NIGHTCAP, IT WAS A PITCHING DUEL THROUGH THE FIRST THREE INNINGS. BEARS’ STARTER AARON HAMILTON DIDN’T ALLOW A HIT THROUGH THE FIRST THREE INNINGS, BUT HE RAN INTO TROUBLE IN THE FOURTH. U-N-C DOESN’T PLAY VERY MANY NIGHT GAMES, AND THAT INEXPERIENCE SHOWED AS JACK PAULEY AND JOHNSON BOTH LOST BALLS IN THE LIGHTS. THE REDHAWKS ENDED UP SCORING FIVE RUNS IN THE INNING. THE BEARS’ ONLY RUN CAME IN THE SEVENTH ON AN R-B-I SINGLE BY MATT BURKART. S-U STARTER TEAR-ICK SKOO-BALL STRUCK OUT NINE OVER SIX INNINGS, LEADING HIS TEAM TO A NINE TO ONE VICTORY. U-N-C AVOIDED THE SWEEP SUNDAY WITH A 7-6 COMEBACK VICTORY. THE BEARS TOOK A 1-0 LEAD IN THE THIRD, BUT THE REDHAWKS COUNTERED WITH FIVE THE NEXT HALF INNING TO TAKE A 5-1 LEAD. U-N-C HAD BEEN WAITING FOR A BIG INNING ALL SERIES LONG, AND IT CAME IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH. THE BEARS SCORED SIX IN THE INNING, AND EVAN JOHNSON’S TWO-RUN SINGLE PROVED TO BE THE GAME-WINNER. U-N-C’S STARTER KEENAN LUM STRUGGLED TO GET THROUGH THREE INNINGS, BUT RELIEVER CONNOR LEEDHOLM SAVED THE DAY. THE RIGHTY PITCHED THE FINAL SIX AND A THIRD, EARNING THE WIN. WITH THE SERIES LOSS, THE BEARS FALL TO 19 AND 14 ON THE SEASON, THREE AND SIX IN WAC PLAY. THEY REMAIN ON THE ROAD WITH A SERIES AT SACRAMENTO STATE THIS WEEKEND.