Split at HPU Ends Win Streak at 13

DSC pound Sea Warriors in game one; rally falls short in nightcap

Prodan throws 5th CG in win at HPU

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 WAIPAHU, HAWAII – Brett Adams (Sandy, UT/Alta) slugged a pair of home runs and Justin Prodan (Rohnert Park, CA/Rancho Cotate) tossed his fifth complete game of the season during a Dixie State College doubleheader split on Thursday against host Hawaii Pacific University.

Dixie State (24-10, 15-7 PWC) extended their winning streak to 13 games winning the series opener 13-4 before seeing the streak ended by a walkoff double by the Sea Warriors (23-8, 15-3 PWC) in nightcap for a 6-5 triumph.

Adams hit his 12th season homer late in game one, a convincing offensive performance from the Storm. Judd Jensen (Taylorsville, UT/Taylorsville) went 4-for-5 and Ammon Zitting (Pleasant Grove. UT/Lone Peak) added a pair of hits joining Adams by each driving in three runs.

Prodan allowed four runs on nine hits and striking out four going the distance for win number six.

In the nightcap, DSC took an early 2-0 lead on another Adams homer to left, his 13th.

HPU tied the game in the third inning with two runs and leaped ahead in the fourth with two more. Dixie State would be down 5-2 entering the seventh inning.

With the bases loaded, two outs and down two strikes, Rhett Welsh (Arvada, CO/Standley Lake) doubled to left field driving home all three base runners to knot the game at 5-5.

The Sea Warriors bounced back quickly and took the game with an RBI double from Kenny Turner. Lane Kirby (Las Vegas, NV/Palo Verde) took the loss (2-1) for Dixie State after relieving for Troy Hunter (Las Vegas, NV/Centennial) and Payton Rentmeister (Riverton, UT/Riverton).

Welsh had the only multi-hit game for DSC in the nightcap.

With the loss, the Storm drops two games behind Hawaii Pacific for the top spot in the Pacific West Conference.

The series continues Friday night at 8:00pm MST (4:00pm in Hawaii) with another doubleheader scheduled. Listen to all of the live action from Oahu with John Potter on Classical 91.3FM and Network1Sports.com.

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