April 7th – Geoducks Get On The Board

Evergreen State lost again to the EWU Eagles 22-1 in the nightcap of the double header but in the bigger picture finally scored a run. However, in Geoduck fashion, it seemed fitting that the run came at the expense of an Eagle error. It started when Dan Visser led off the inning with a single and then advanced to second when first baseman Zach Newman hit a slow dribbler out in front of home plate where the catcher fired it to first for the out. Visser watched the play develop and he had such a great jump when Newman made contact, that he was already at second before the ball reached the first baseman’s glove. Upon seeing this, Visser took the aggressive approach and tried to sneak over to third base. The Eagles first baseman saw this and fired the ball to third base but if was offline and after Visser slid into third causing a dust cloud, he realized the ball had gotten away from the third baseman and Visser coasted home for the Geoducks first run of the season. Because the run came via error, Newman was not awarded the rbi.

While the Geoducks were in the field, they again had trouble staying away from the big inning as again in three of the four innings they spent in the field before the mercy rule came into affect, they gave up at least 6 runs in an inning including a high 10 runs in the second. The 10 run second inning was the sixth time out of 24 innings in the field where Evergreen State has allowed 10 or more runs in a single inning.

The loss drops the Geoducks to 0-6 on the season.