DSC Drops a Pair of One-Run Games at HPU

Storm fall 4 games back of Sea Warriors in PWC

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 WAIPAHU, HAWAII - Hawaii Pacific University found late magic again Friday night at Hans L'Orange Park defeating Dixie State College with a walk-off hit 6-5 in the nightcap after holding off a late Storm rally in the day's first game 5-4.

Dixie State (24-12, 15-9 PWC) trailed by four entering the final frame of Friday's opener, scored three runs and had the bases loaded. A slow roller from Quinn Boyer (Ogden, UT/Bonneville HS) was barehanded by HPU reliever Chad Wagner and fired to first just before Boyer. Wagner earned a save in support of Toby Inouye who held DSC to three runs on eight hits in 6.1 innings.

Ammon Zitting (Pleasant Grove. UT/Lone Peak) and Tony Nelson (St. George. UT/Dixie) each had three hits in the opener. Preston Grimes (Taylorsville, UT/Taylorsville) pitched a complete game in the loss - five runs, nine hits in six innings.

In the nightcap, errors plaugued both teams early. Dixie State took a 2-1 lead after the first, but more defensive lapses in the HPU 2nd put DSC behind by three runs, 5-2.

The Warriors held tha advantage until the Dixie 6th. Nelson drew a bases loaded walk and Rhett Welsh (Arvada, CO/Standley Lake), having a solid all-around series, lined a two-run single up the middle to pull the Storn even at 5-5.

The Storm squandered a chance to bring in the go-ahead run in the sixth stranding Aaron Friend (Las Vegas. NV/Centennial HS) at third.

HPU walked-off with a another late victory when Kenny Turner scored from second on a hard hit single from Blake Amaral that glanced off of Zitting's glove in to left field.

Todd Morlock (Magna, UT /Taylorsville) took the game two loss allowing the game-winning run on two hits in two innings of relief.

The five-game series with HPU concludes Saturday afternoon at 2:00pm Hawaiian (6:00pm MST). The nine-inning game will not count toward Pac West Standings.

John Potter has all of the live coverage beginning at 5:50pm MST on Classical 91.3FM and Network1Sports.com.

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