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Gonzaga Overwhelms Bucknell Baseball, 12-2
3/15/2006 7:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 15, 2006
FRESNO, Calif. - Junior Alex DeOteris (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberly Academy) belted a two-run double in his first collegiate at-bat, but Bucknell dropped a 12-2 decision to Gonzaga in baseball action at Fresno State's Pepsi/Johnny Quik Classic on Wednesday afternoon. The loss leaves the Bison with a 4-7 record on the year while the Bulldogs move to 12-9.
The teams played two scoreless innings before Gonzaga posted six runs in the third. Tyson Van Winkle reached on an error to begin the inning and Scott Campbell followed with a walk to bring Darin Holcomb to the plate. Holcomb hit a three-run homer and after two walks and a single, Ryan Wiegand drove in three more with a double to give the Bulldogs a 6-0 lead.
Gonzaga added two more runs on an RBI double by Carlson in the fourth. Then in the fifth, the Bulldogs plated four on RBI doubles by Holcomb and Jackson Brennan and a single by Wiegand to push the score to 12-0.
Bucknell broke up the shutout in the sixth as DeOteris drove in senior Chris Brannan (Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison) and sophomore Austin Turban (Northfield, Ill./New Trier) who reached with back-to-back singles to begin the inning. Turban and freshman Dane Grandizio (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg) were the lone Bison players to register multiple hits in the contest. Turban went 2-for-2 at the dish, while Grandizio was 2-for-4.
Holcomb finished with five RBI and three runs scored and went 2-for-4 with a double and a home run for the Bulldogs. Wiegand followed with four RBI and hit 2-for-3 with a double.
Junior Ryan Gryskevicz (Dallas, Pa./Dallas) started for Bucknell and took the loss (0-2) as he pitched two innings and allowed five runs, four earned, on two hits with four walks and one strikeout. Bobby McEwen earned the win (2-1) for Gonzaga, allowing two runs on seven hits with five walks and six strikeouts in six innings of work.
The Bison will return to action tomorrow, March 16, when the team will take on Patriot League foe Lafayette in a non-league game at the Pepsi/Johnny Quik Classic at 4 p.m., Eastern.
