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Photo by: Eric Strom
Falcons fall to Golden Eagles 7-3
5/2/2022 4:31:00 PM | Baseball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.- The hot-hitting Falcons were held in check by the visiting Golden Eagles of Oral Roberts, as Air Force was unable to record a hit beyond the 4th inning, dropping Monday's contest 7-3.
Braydon Altorfer was the lone Falcon with multiple hits, finishing 2-4 with a double. Gabriel Garcia reached base in three of his four plate appearances, launching his 10th home run of the season in the 1st as part of a 1-2 afternoon. The senior also reached base after a walk and a hit by pitch.
Trayden Tamiya and Jay Thomason also managed base-hits, with Tamiya driving in a run in the 2nd after a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch.
Sam Kulasingam closed the afternoon 0-4 with a 2nd inning sacrifice fly, snapping his 31-game on-base streak as well as his 19-game hitting streak.
Jake Sansing made his fourth start of the spring, allowing six runs (four earned) with six hits, two strikeouts and a walk. The bullpen combination of Nathan Price, Ryan Stohr, Chase Spencer, Stevan Fairburn Jr., and Duke Benge did not surrender an earned run in six innings of relief.
A back-and-forth start saw both dugouts tied 3-3 after two innings. In the top of 3rd, Oral Roberts managed three runs, though a pair of defensive miscues allowed saw only one of those runs earned. In the bottom half of the inning, Jake Greiving worked a one-out walk, and two batters later was tagged out at home plate trying to score following Altorfer's double.
Coincidentally, Altorfer's two-bagger was the last hit the Falcons could muster over the next five innings.
Next, Air Force travels to California for a three-game set against San Diego State, starting Friday, May 6.
Braydon Altorfer was the lone Falcon with multiple hits, finishing 2-4 with a double. Gabriel Garcia reached base in three of his four plate appearances, launching his 10th home run of the season in the 1st as part of a 1-2 afternoon. The senior also reached base after a walk and a hit by pitch.
Trayden Tamiya and Jay Thomason also managed base-hits, with Tamiya driving in a run in the 2nd after a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch.
Sam Kulasingam closed the afternoon 0-4 with a 2nd inning sacrifice fly, snapping his 31-game on-base streak as well as his 19-game hitting streak.
Jake Sansing made his fourth start of the spring, allowing six runs (four earned) with six hits, two strikeouts and a walk. The bullpen combination of Nathan Price, Ryan Stohr, Chase Spencer, Stevan Fairburn Jr., and Duke Benge did not surrender an earned run in six innings of relief.
A back-and-forth start saw both dugouts tied 3-3 after two innings. In the top of 3rd, Oral Roberts managed three runs, though a pair of defensive miscues allowed saw only one of those runs earned. In the bottom half of the inning, Jake Greiving worked a one-out walk, and two batters later was tagged out at home plate trying to score following Altorfer's double.
Coincidentally, Altorfer's two-bagger was the last hit the Falcons could muster over the next five innings.
Next, Air Force travels to California for a three-game set against San Diego State, starting Friday, May 6.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: AJ Archambo (5-1)
L: Sansing, Jake (2-3)
Batting:
2B: Justin Quinn 1 ; Holden Breeze 1 ; Brody Gibson 1
HR: Caleb Denny 1
RBI: Jake McMurray 1 ; Caleb Denny 1 ; Holden Breeze 1 ; Brody Gibson 1
SH: Brody Gibson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Caleb Denny 2 ; Jackson Loftin 1 ; Justin Quinn 1 ; Holden Breeze 1 ; Joshua Cox 1 ; Brody Gibson 1
SB: Connor Beichler 1
PO: Mac McCroskey 1
Batting:
2B: Altorfer, Braydon 1
HR: Garcia, Gabriel 1
RBI: Kulasingam, Sam 1 ; Garcia, Gabriel 1 ; Tamiya, Trayden 1
SF: Kulasingam, Sam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Garcia, Gabriel 1 ; Skenes, Paul 1 ; Thomason, Jay 1
HBP: Garcia, Gabriel 1 ; Tamiya, Trayden 2
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