DIV. III PLAYOFFS: DESPERATE CAL LUTHERAN STAYS ALIVE WITH SHUTOUT : CLU 7, MARIETTA 0.Byline: Daily News The Cal Lutheran baseball team played one of its finest games of the season Sunday and kept its postseason hopes alive. Erik Kiszczak and David Gonzales combined for a five-hit shutout as the Kingsmen extended their season for at least one more day with a 7-0 victory over Marietta College Marietta College is a co-educational private college in Marietta, Ohio, which was the first permanent settlement of the Northwest Territory. The school offers 43 majors along with a large number of minors, all of which are grounded in a strong liberal arts foundation. in an elimination game at the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. baseball championships in Salem, Va. Cal Lutheran (33-13) will next play today against St. Thomas of Minnesota. ``When you have your backs against the wall, there is not a lot to tell the guys (before the game) except, `Win or go home,' '' Cal Lutheran coach Marty Slimak said. ``We had a great game plan. Our pitchers pitched where they needed to. Kiszczak and Gonzales spotted up well and threw strikes.'' Kiszczak allowed two hits in five innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , striking out six to improve to 6-0 on the year. ``I talked to the guys last night at the hotel and told them we live to play another day,'' said Kiszczak who won despite playing with an abdominal tear on his left side to extend his own school record with his 26th career win. Gonzales, who allowed three hits and struck out four in four innings, notched his second save of the season. Offensively, Brian Malchow had two hits and two RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in for the Kingsmen who jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two innings and never looked back. |
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