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Alvarez aces
another
By Dwight Flenniken
On-line Forty-Niner
Long Beach State's
Abe Alvarez picked up his sixth win without a loss this season
in a 3-1 victory over Wichita State in a nonconference baseball
game Tuesday at Blair Field.
Alvarez, a sophomore, threw five scoreless innings and struck
out six batters on 87 pitches.
"He's got a bunch of starts in a row on five days rest,"
LBSU assistant coach Troy Buckley said. "It's nice that
it got set up that way."
Alvarez gave up two singles on the night, helping LBSU (14-6)
extend its winning streak to seven games.
The Dirtbags started the game with a single by Jeremy Reed.
Todd Jennings followed with a two-out double to left field
that scored Reed and gave LBSU a 1-0 lead.
LBSU widened its lead in the fourth with two runs on five
hits. Jennings led off with a single, and Chris Wright and
Brad Davis added consecutive bunt singles to load the bases.
Following a Mike Hofius strikeout, Paul McAnulty drove Jennings
home with a shot to centerfield off Shocker reliever Trent
Henderson. Nick Orlandos added the final RBI with a single
that scored Chris Wright.
"We've been emphasizing that," Dirtbag head coach
Mike Weathers said about the back-to-back bunt singles. "It's
something we need to try to do."
Wichita State (10-3) came alive after LBSU reliever Neil Jamison
gave up a leadoff double in the seventh inning. A walk to
pinch hitter Bryan Erstad, and an error by catcher Brad Davis
on an attempted pickoff at second base moved runners into
scoring position, but a run-scoring fly ball from Dustin Hawkins
was all Wichita State could muster.
"I thought Neil Jamison did a great job in that inning,"
Weathers said.
Carlos Muniz and Josh Alliston combined for one-hit relief
to close out the victory for the Dirtbags, with Alliston picking
up his third save of the year.
Wichita State is currently ranked sixth and LBSU 17th in this
week's Baseball America poll. The Dirtbags will play Big West
rival Cal State Fullerton in a nonconference road series beginning
Friday.
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