Baseball beats Dominican in extra innings, Taiariol '08 hits game-winning single

Nick Taiariol '08 went 4-for-5 with the game-winning RBI to lead Whittier College to a 4-3 victory over visiting Dominican University (IL) in ten innings at Memorial Baseball Field on March 5.  The Poets are now 6-10 this season.

Matt Morgado '07 went 4-for-5 for the Poets.  He drove in a run and tripled before scoring the game-winning run.  Trevor Bormann '10 drove in a pair of runs.  Ryan Martin '10 went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.  Matt Schwarz '07 started on the mound and allowed just one run on four hits in seven innings pitched.  Kevin Chapman '10 (1-0) was credited with the win after pitching two and two-thirds innings of hitless relief.  He also struck out three batters.

Dominican got on the scoreboard first with a run in the top half of the second inning.  The Poets took the lead in the sixth inning with Bormann's two-run single that scored Taiariol and Robbie Smith '08.  Martin doubled and scored in the seventh to give the Poets a 3-1 lead.  A Poet error led to two runs for Dominican in the eighth inning to tie the score.  Neither team was able to score in the ninth and in the bottom of the tenth, Morgado tripled to lead off the inning.  A pair of intentional walks loaded the bases for Whittier bringing Taiariol to the plate.  He singled to right field, scoring Morgado and ending the game, 4-3.

The Poets take on Dominican again to lead off the California Classic hosted by Whittier on March 9.  First pitch is scheduled for 9am.