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Albertson Overpowers the Cougars

AZUSA, Calif. -- Troy Bidwell and Kevin Downey each hit two home runs, identical two–run and solo shots, to power the NAIA's 17th ranked Albertson College (Ida.) to a 12–7 victory over 15th ranked Azusa Pacific, Saturday afternoon in a nonconference game in Azusa.

The first set of home runs for the two sluggers each came in the top half of the fifth, each being two-run shots. Bidwell hit Dirk Lewallyn's 0–1 fastball just inside the fair pull down the right field line, scoring Chris Holzhauer, giving the Coyotes a 3–1 lead. After a walk to Greg Schelhaas, Lewallen was lifted in favor of reliever Jeremie Johnson. Downey crushed Johnson's first offering, extending the Coyote lead to 5–1. In the top half of the sixth, the Coyotes extended their  lead to 8-1, thanks to a 2-RBI double by Bidwell off Cougar reliever Tom Manning. Bidwell would then score an RBI single by Bill Oliver.

The Cougars mounted their best offensive charge in the bottom half of the sixth. Jason Young's single, sandwiched between walks to Honda Godinez and Jake Spahr, loaded the bases for pinch-hitter Ben Duncin, who jumped on the opportunity and roped a 0–1 fastball just over the left-field fence for a grand slam to bring the Cougars back into the game at 8-5. However, the Coyotes added a run in the top of the seventh on Downey's solo home, and then tallied 3 more runs in the 8th inning, which included Bidwell's solo shot and RBIs by Jeff Quinton and David Ediss to finish off the Cougars.

Bidwell finished the day 3-for-3 with the two home runs in five RBIs.  Jake Spahr 3-for-3 with 2 runs scored for the Cougars.
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Players Mentioned

Jason Young

#8 Jason Young

INF
5' 9"
Senior
R/R
Tom Manning

#16 Tom Manning

P
5' 8"
Senior
L/L
Jake Spahr

#20 Jake Spahr

OF
5' 9"
Junior
L/L

Players Mentioned

Jason Young

#8 Jason Young

5' 9"
Senior
R/R
INF
Tom Manning

#16 Tom Manning

5' 8"
Senior
L/L
P
Jake Spahr

#20 Jake Spahr

5' 9"
Junior
L/L
OF