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ubctbirds_sched: WVB: Five T-Birds selected to Senior National 'A' Team, vying for spot on 2010 Worlds roster http://bit.ly/9yNuHL

ubctbirds_sched: SOFT: Three recruits from White Rock Renegades 92 sign with T-Birds http://bit.ly/btjAaf

ubctbirds_sched: GOLF" T-Bird women win, men second at rain shortened RCGA Championships http://bit.ly/cCuCis

ubctbirds_sched: GOLFW: T-Birds continue march towards seventh RCGA title; up by 25 strokes heading into final round http://bit.ly/bl9ZNS

ubctbirds_sched: GOLF: Women lead by 20 after two rounds, men delayed after bad weather at RCGA Championships http://bit.ly/cWof36

The Thunderbirds were done in by a brilliant performance by RHP Chad Blauer of the Sea Lions, who went one out short of a complete game, allowed only six hits (two of them in the ninth inning), and struck out 16.

The Birds didn't get on the scoreboard until the sixth inning, when SS Sammie Starr hit a solo home run. The Sea Lions led 5-1 at that point, and they added to their lead with a run in the bottom of the sixth, and three in the bottom of the eighth.

Blauer started the ninth inning by striking out LF Nick Senior and CF Blake Carruthers. So, the last comeback attempt of the season started with two outs, and eight runs behind. 1B Andrew Firth hit a single, and pinch-hitter Kevin Nickel drew a walk on nine pitches. Pinch-hitter Christian Jolley batted next, and he hit a single to bat in two runs. Blauer was replaced by Robby Ross; he got 2B Alex White to hit a ground ball, and Jolley was forced out at second to end the game and send the Sea Lions to Lewiston.

Starr was 3-4 for the game, and Firth was 2-4.

Brandon Kaye started, went 3 1/3 innings, and allowed four runs (two of them unearned) on four hits. Andrew Ledger pitched 2/3rds of an inning, allowed one run on one hit. Taylor King pitched two innings, allowed one run on one hit. David Otterman pitched a scoreless seventh inning, allowed one hit. Shawn Hetherington gave up those three runs in the eighth, one of which was unearned.

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Sheldon McDonald and Danny Britton-Foster combined to hold the Jaguars to six hits, and the Thunderbirds broke the game open with seven runs in the fifth inning.

The Jaguars had an early 2-0 lead, but the Thunderbirds tied it 2-2 with a two-run home run by CF Blake Carruthers in the bottom of the fourth. The fifth inning opened with a single by 2B Alex White (who stole second) and a walk by RF Sean Pisarski. White scored on a single by SS Sammie Starr, and Pisarski scored the winning run on a single by DH Nic Lendvoy. LF Nick Senior drew a walk, and 1B Bob Foerster hit a sacrifice fly to score Starr. Lendvoy came home on a bunt by 3B Keaton Briscoe, who reached on an error. C Greg Densem and White completed the scoring with RBI singles.

All six Jaguar hits and all three runs were allowed by McDonald, who went six innings, struck out eight. Britton-Foster didn't allow a hit over the last three innings, struck out two. Starter Pete Ontiveros got the loss for the Jaguars.

Starr and White were both 3-5 with one RBI for the game.

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The Thunderbirds got their first-ever win over the Sunbirds with another excellent start by Mark Hardy. Hardy went 8+ innings, scattered ten hits, struck out 11.

The Sunbirds opened the scoring with an RBI double in the top of the fifth by Blaine Taylor. The Birds answered with four runs in the bottom of the fith, on RBI by Keaton Briscoe, Greg Densem, Sean Pisarski, and Sammie Starr. DH Nic Lendvoy hit an RBI single in the seventh, and Densem got another RBI in the eighth.

Hardy started the ninth inning, but gave up a single, followed by a two-run home run by 2B Andrew Douglas. Shawn Hetherington came in, got an out on a popup, and walked a batter. He then struck out the next two batters to end the game.

Kelyn Schellenberg, who got a win against the Birds in February, went the distance, allowed ten hits. Schellenberg pitched six innings against Ohio Dominican earlier in the day.

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Story from UBC Athletics site: Hardy silences Sunbirds, T-Birds World Series dreams still alive
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LHP Broc Haymon, who has the lowest ERA in the NAIA (1.32), pitched a complete-game shutout for the Jaguars, held the Thunderbirds to five hits, struck out 12. 2B Anthony Phillips scored the winning run on a fielder’s choice in the second inning.

The Birds left the bases loaded in the second inning, and stranded 1B Andrew Firth at third in the eighth inning.

Eric Brown got the start, went 4 1/3 innings, gave up all five Jaguar runs on eight hits, struck out five. The greatest damage was done in the fourth inning, when 3B Joseph Briones hit a two-RBI double. Taylor King pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowed one hit. David Otterman pitched a hitless inning, struck out two. Miles Verweel pitched the ninth inning, allowed one hit and struck out one.

CF Blake Carruthers got two of the five Thunderbird hits. Firth, DH Nic Lendvoy, and C Greg Densem got the remaining ones.

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Story from UBC Athletics site: Haymon shuts out T-Birds; UBC in must-win mode

Story from Houston-Victoria site: Haymon tosses 5-hit shutout for Jaguars
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A video report by Chandler Grieve. The road to a career in professional baseball is a long and bumpy one, full of setbacks and obstacles. Two canadian pitchers hope that their decision to stay north of the border will help them fulfill their big league dreams.

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ubctbirds_sched: FB: Five T-Birds earn spot in TSN's CFL draft rankings as compiled by Duane Forde http://bit.ly/a05fk0

ubctbirds_sched: T-Birds rank 17th in Golf World/Nike Golf NAIA Coaches’ Poll http://bit.ly/cLW0YO

ubctbirds_sched: BASE news: T-Birds one win away from clinching first, hit best-ever #3 ranking in NAIA http://bit.ly/aSiePm

ubctbirds_sched: Liz Cordonier from UBC women's volleyball wins BLG Award as CIS female athlete of the year http://bit.ly/backiO

ubctbirds_sched: Weekend results: Clan edge T-Birds for Achilles Cup http://bit.ly/dAltfe; Starr leads UBC baseball to sweep of OIT http://bit.ly/cAILvl

First game (nine innings): This game wasn't as close as the score indicates. 3B Keaton Briscoe led off the bottom of the first with a walk, then scored on a triple by SS Sammie Starr. The Hustlin' Owls tied it with an RBI single by 3B Colin Stock in the top of the third, but the Thunderbirds went ahead for good with three runs in the bottom of the third, on an RBI double by Starr, and a two-RBI double by LF Mike Elias.

The Owls made it 5-3 in the top of the fourth, and it stayed that way until the top of the ninth, when Ryan Smith, pinch-running for DH Kealii Ribao, came home as a result of a bad throw made in an attempt to end the game by catching him at third base.

The Owls were totally shut down by Danny Britton-Foster, who came on in the fourth inning in relief of Eric Brown. He immediately gave up a double by CF Kory Locken, which scored a run charged to Brown.

That was the only baserunner that Britton-Foster allowed. He retired the next 11 batters he faced, striking out four of them. He was replaced by Mark Hardy in the eighth. Hardy allowed only the one unearned run on two hits, and collected his second save of the weekend.

Starr was 3-4 for the game. The remaining Thunderbirds hits came from RF Nick Senior (who made a great catch off 2B Ryson Mauricio on the fifth), DH Nic Lendvoy, 2B Alex White, and C Greg Densem. Densem also made a good defensive play to catch a runner attempting to steal second base.

Frank Charlton, who gave up seven hits in seven innings for the Owls, got the loss.

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Second game (seven innings):This game did not go well at all for the first six innings. The Hustlin' Owls jumped on Jordan Herbison, making his second start of the season, for single runs in the first and second innings, and three runs in the third inning. He was replaced by David Otterman with one out and the bases loaded in the third. Otterman walked in a run, then gave up a two-RBI single by SS Zack Earle, and threw a wild pitch to allow another run to score. The Owls led 6-0 after 2 1/2 innings.

The Thunderbirds got one back in the bottom of the third, when 3B Keaton Briscoe started the inning with a walk and came home on a double play. They didn't score again until the sixth inning, when SS Sammie Starr hit a sacrifice fly. The Birds managed only one hit off Owls starter Darryl Swearingen. However, he walked five batters, including the first two batters of the sixth inning. He was clearly getting tired, and was replaced by Dylan Bedortha, who had pitched in the previous game and also on Saturday. He got out of the inning with only the sac fly by Starr, but the bottom of the seventh started with a single by 1B Andrew Firth (the Birds' second hit of the game), a fly out by LF Mike Elias, and walks by Briscoe and pinch-hitter Sean Pisarski, loading the bases with one out. C Bob Foerster drew a walk to score a run, and Bedortha, like Swearingen, had run out of gas, and he was replaced by Zack O'Hanen, who pitched on Saturday. O'Hanen walked 2B Alex White to score run #4, and  CF Nick Senior hit a sacrifice fly to bring on run #5.

So, Starr came to the plate with two outs and the Birds trailing 6-5. He hit a double down the left field line to bat in two runs and win it.

Shawn Hetherington came in in the fourth innings, and allowed only two hits, didn't walk a batter. Taylor King pitched the seventh inning, and struck out two of the three batters he faced. King was the pitcher of record, and got his third win of the season.

The Birds were out-hit by the Owls 6-3. CF Kory Locken finished 2-4 with two runs scored for the Owls.

According to Assistant Coach Cav Whitely, this is the third time that the Birds have gotten a walk-off win on Senior Day.

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Starr went 4-7 with five RBI, two doubles, and a triple for the day.

Story from UBC Athletics site: Starr shines bright on seniors' day

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A huge day for Senior DH Nic Lendvoy, who went 5-8 with four RBI, a home run, and a double.

First game (nine innings): The Thunderbirds got another excellent start by Brandon Kaye, and run production by DH Nic Lendvoy, but the game was decided by a failed bunt attempt by Hustlin' Owls DH Cory Staniforth in the top of the ninth.

Kaye got 11 strikeouts, walked only two, and had a shutout going into the eighth inning. The Birds got on the scoreboard in the first inning when leadoff batter 3B Keaton Briscoe drew a walk, moved to second on a single by SS Sammie Starr, and scored on a single by Lendvoy. Lendvoy batted in Briscoe again in the bottom of the sixth for the winning run. This time, Briscoe hit a single with one out, and, again, moved to second on a single by Starr.

The Owls left the bases loaded in the sixth when Kaye got an inning-ending strikeout. They broke up the shutout with an RBI single by 2B Ryson Mauricio in the top of the eighth, and the Birds entered the ninth with a 2-1 lead.

The Owls opened the ninth with a single by SS Zack Earle off reliever Taylor KIng. The next batter was Staniforth, and his bunt attempt became a popup that was caught in foul territory by 1B Andrew Firth. The next batter, C Dylan Hansen, hit a single that would have easily scored Earle had he been on second base instead of first. Mark Hardy was brought in to get the final two outs, and it took only two pitches for him to get them. He got an assist on the second out of the inning, fielding a ground ball to catch Earle in a rundown between home and third. The final out was a ground ball to third, and Briscoe stepped on the bag to end the game.

The Owls got a complete game from Matt Bellando, who held the Birds to seven hits, walked only one, and struck out three. Lendvoy, Briscoe, and Starr each got two hits, and the remaining Thunderbird hit was by CF Blake Carruthers. Mauricio finished 2-3. There were no extra-base hits in the game.

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Second game (seven innings): A game where everything went right for the Thunderbirds. Thy got all the runs they needed in the second inning, when they sent ten batters to the plate. The Birds opened the scoring with an RBI on a slick bunt by LF Mike Elias. The winning run came on an RBI single by C Bob Foerster. SS Sammie Starr hit a two-RBI single, then DH Nic Lendvoy hit a two-run home run over the right field fence.

Lendvoy came to bat again in the fourth inning, and got a piece of a ball that went down the third base line. The Owls expected it to go foul, but it came to a stop in fair territory, and Lendvoy got a cheap single. He ended up scoring on a sacrifice fly by RF Sean Pisarski.

Sheldon McDonald started, went five innings, allowed one run on three hits, struck out two, and left the game mainly to give some other pitchers some work. Shawn Hetherington, who saw no action last weekend against Lewis-Clark State, got three ground outs to retire all three batters he faced. David Otterman struck out three of the four batters he faced.

McDonald was helped by two excellent defensive plays. In the fourth inning, Starr made a sitting catch of a ground ball by SS Zack Earle, then somehow managed to make a throw to first to get the out. In the fifth inning, 2B Alex White made a leaping catch of a line drive by DH Phil Sacks, then made a throw to Starr covering second base to get a double play.

Pisarski was 2-2 for the game, Lendvoy was 3-4. CF Cory Locken got two of the Owls' three hits.

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Story from UBC Athletics site: Lendvoy powers T-Birds to sweep of Hustlin' Owls

Story by Howard Tsumura in The Province: Owls sent Hustlin' as T-Bird bats explode at UBC
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ubctbirds_sched: Recruiting news: US high school product signs with MBB http://bit.ly/9pCvCQ; National teamer Heather MacLean joins SWIM http://bit.ly/dyT84s

ubctbirds_sched: 2010 FB sched has been posted. T-Birds play 3 of first 4 at home including season opener vs Alberta on Sept. 4 at 1PM http://bit.ly/9FXqlD

ubctbirds_sched: And after a long break, we are back. UBC has announced their 2010 Canada West Football schedule. Check it out online http://bit.ly/9FXqlD