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The Sonoma State Seawolves hit the Nevada Wolf Pack and the Wolf Pack hit back.
The Seawolves hit six Nevada hitters with pitches and the Wolf Pack responded by slamming three home runs in a convincing 10-3 victory Tuesday afternoon in front of 653 fans at Peccole Park.
The victory improved the Wolf Pack to 9-6 this season. Sonoma State, a Division II program, fell to 9-14.
Shortstop and leadoff hitter Kevin Rodland hit his first two home runs of the season and pinch-hitter Nick Melino drilled a towering drive over the center field fence for his first homer as the Pack banged out 11 hits.
Sonona State hit four Nevada hitters with pitches in the first inning as the Pack scored four runs. Seawolves starter Joey Van Cleave, who came into the game with a 16.71 earned run average over five appearances (seven innings, 13 earned runs), lasted just long enough to face five hitters.
Van Cleave allowed a homer to Rodland, a two-run double by Shaun Kort and also hit Westley Moss, Brock Stassi and Brian Barnett with pitches in the first inning.
Mark Lincoln, who brought a 20.25 ERA into the game over two appearances, relieved Van Cleave and also plunked a Pack hitter (Garrett Yrigoyen) before retiring the side in the first.
The Wolf Pack has now been hit by a pitch 25 times in just 15 games. The 1997 Pack team holds the school record for getting hit by a pitch 125 times.
Lincoln, a 6-foot-2, junior righthander, pitched well for the Seawolves, allowing no runs on just one hit in four innings.
The Wolf Pack, though, jumped all over Brian Bordagaray for three hits and two runs in the fifth. Stassi singled sharply up the middle to open the inning against Bordagaray and Kort and Barnett each followed with solid doubles off the right field fence.
Barnett and Kort lead the Pack this season each with 18 RBI.
Melino's leadoff homer in the sixth gave the Pack a 7-3 lead. Melino, who had four homers and a team-best .352 average a year ago, was just 2-for-17 this year (.118) before hitting his homer against the Seawolves' Robby White.
Sonoma State, now 3-22 in its all-time series against the Wolf Pack, used eight pitchers in the game.
The Wolf Pack put the game away with three runs in the seventh inning off the final Seawolves' reliever of the game, Joey Parigi. Parigi, who had pitched just one inning in Sonoma State's first 22 games, hit Melino with a pitch and then allowed a three-run homer to Rodland.
Rodland, who hit three home runs in each of the last two seasons, drove in four runs on his two home runs and has now driven in 10 runs this year.
The Wolf Pack also emptied its bullpen, using six pitchers in this non-league game.
Tyler Rogstad pitched the first two innings for the Pack and allowed one run on two hits. Reno High graduate Tom Jameson pitched three innings and allowed a run on five hits and two walks.
Beau Witsoe, who struggled as a starter (8.03 ERA in four starts), pitched a solid 1.2 innings (no runs, one hit, one walk) in relief.
The Wolf Pack, 9-6 after 15 games for the first time since 2005, will meet San Francisco State Wednesday (2 p.m.) at Peccole Park before heading to Oregon for a four-game series starting on Friday.
The Pack's Nick Leid saw his eight-game hitting streak come to an end after striking out in the first and third innings before being removed. Joe Kohan who singled in the seventh inning, now owns the Pack's longest current hitting streak at four games.
Kort and Barnett now lead the Pack with five multiple-RBI games each.
The Seawolves hit six Nevada hitters with pitches and the Wolf Pack responded by slamming three home runs in a convincing 10-3 victory Tuesday afternoon in front of 653 fans at Peccole Park.
The victory improved the Wolf Pack to 9-6 this season. Sonoma State, a Division II program, fell to 9-14.
Shortstop and leadoff hitter Kevin Rodland hit his first two home runs of the season and pinch-hitter Nick Melino drilled a towering drive over the center field fence for his first homer as the Pack banged out 11 hits.
Sonona State hit four Nevada hitters with pitches in the first inning as the Pack scored four runs. Seawolves starter Joey Van Cleave, who came into the game with a 16.71 earned run average over five appearances (seven innings, 13 earned runs), lasted just long enough to face five hitters.
Van Cleave allowed a homer to Rodland, a two-run double by Shaun Kort and also hit Westley Moss, Brock Stassi and Brian Barnett with pitches in the first inning.
Mark Lincoln, who brought a 20.25 ERA into the game over two appearances, relieved Van Cleave and also plunked a Pack hitter (Garrett Yrigoyen) before retiring the side in the first.
The Wolf Pack has now been hit by a pitch 25 times in just 15 games. The 1997 Pack team holds the school record for getting hit by a pitch 125 times.
Lincoln, a 6-foot-2, junior righthander, pitched well for the Seawolves, allowing no runs on just one hit in four innings.
The Wolf Pack, though, jumped all over Brian Bordagaray for three hits and two runs in the fifth. Stassi singled sharply up the middle to open the inning against Bordagaray and Kort and Barnett each followed with solid doubles off the right field fence.
Barnett and Kort lead the Pack this season each with 18 RBI.
Melino's leadoff homer in the sixth gave the Pack a 7-3 lead. Melino, who had four homers and a team-best .352 average a year ago, was just 2-for-17 this year (.118) before hitting his homer against the Seawolves' Robby White.
Sonoma State, now 3-22 in its all-time series against the Wolf Pack, used eight pitchers in the game.
The Wolf Pack put the game away with three runs in the seventh inning off the final Seawolves' reliever of the game, Joey Parigi. Parigi, who had pitched just one inning in Sonoma State's first 22 games, hit Melino with a pitch and then allowed a three-run homer to Rodland.
Rodland, who hit three home runs in each of the last two seasons, drove in four runs on his two home runs and has now driven in 10 runs this year.
The Wolf Pack also emptied its bullpen, using six pitchers in this non-league game.
Tyler Rogstad pitched the first two innings for the Pack and allowed one run on two hits. Reno High graduate Tom Jameson pitched three innings and allowed a run on five hits and two walks.
Beau Witsoe, who struggled as a starter (8.03 ERA in four starts), pitched a solid 1.2 innings (no runs, one hit, one walk) in relief.
The Wolf Pack, 9-6 after 15 games for the first time since 2005, will meet San Francisco State Wednesday (2 p.m.) at Peccole Park before heading to Oregon for a four-game series starting on Friday.
The Pack's Nick Leid saw his eight-game hitting streak come to an end after striking out in the first and third innings before being removed. Joe Kohan who singled in the seventh inning, now owns the Pack's longest current hitting streak at four games.
Kort and Barnett now lead the Pack with five multiple-RBI games each.
