By Jordy Cunningham - TRU Sports

Bats come alive as WolfPack split doubleheader against Olympic

Mar 18, 2018 | 8:23 AM

BREMERTON, WA – The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack baseball team are in Bremerton, Washington for their last weekend of exhibition games before the season starts. 

On Saturday they took on the Olympic Community College Rangers, splitting the doubleheader. The ‘Pack lost the first game 5-3 and won game two, 8-4.

The bats came alive in the first inning of game one but went quiet for the rest. Josh Hillis (Calgary, AB) got going, going 2-3 with a double, a RBI, a run scored and two walks. Adam Filmon (Winnipeg, MB) went 3-5. Cole Paquin (Regina, SK) finished 2-5 with a RBI double and a run scored. Connor McKenzie (Kamloops, BC) got a RBI when we walked with the bases loaded. Matt Pidlisecky (Abbotsford, BC) went 1-1.

Tyler Hodder (Fort McMurray, AB) started on the mound, throwing just 1.1 innings, allowing two runs on two hits. Joe Siniscalchi (Burnaby, BC) made his best outing on the preseason, throwing 3.2 innings, allowing one run on three hits and two strikeouts. Qwinn Nesplak (White Rock, BC) suffered the loss, throwing three innings, allowing two runs on two hits and two walks.

The bats were alive for the whole second game as they scored eight runs on 12 hits. Jackson Dartnell (Winnipeg, MB) led the offense as he hit a two-run homerun in the top of the seventh inning. He finished 2-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored. In the four-run fourth inning, Jordy Cunningham (Ladner, BC) had a RBI single and Josh HIllis squeezed a run in. Cunningham finished 3-5 with two RBIs, a run scored and a stolen base. Hillis went 1-3 with two RBIs. Josh Iannetti (Fort McMurray, AB) went 2-3 with two runs scored, two walks and a stolen base. Malik James (Toronto, ON) went 2-4 with a double and a run scored. Adam Filmon went 1-3 with a walk and a stolen base. Kyron Smith (Maple Ridge, BC) had a base hit.

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Tyler Moskalyk (Thunder Bay, ON) was great on the mound for the ‘Pack, tossing seven innings, allowing three runs on eight hits while striking out nine batters. Bryant Jameus (Kamloops, BC) threw two innings, allowing one run on a hit and a walk. He struck out two batters.

The ‘Pack will be taking on Olympic again Sunday for their last two exhibition games before the season starts next weekend. Game times are 12pm and 3pm.