It was a rough go of it for The College of Idaho baseball team, as the bats fell silent for seven innings, spotting Madonna University an 8-0 lead, only to watch a late inning rally fall short, losing 8-5.
The loss moves the Yotes into an elimination game tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. (MT) against Huntington University of Indiana - one of five loser-out games the Coyotes must win to advance to the NAIA World Series in Lewiston.
Listen to head coach Shawn Humberger's take on the 8-5 loss to Madonna.
A passed ball led to a run in the second for the Crusaders, while back-to-back RBI singles by MU pushed the lead to 4-0, with a four-run sixth blowing the game open.
All the while, the Coyotes did not have a runner reach second until a Jye Lanphere double in the eighth - as two of the three C of I baserunners to that point were erased via a caught stealing and a pickoff.
The Yotes strung together three one-out hits in the ninth, including a Diego Robles RBI single (Watch the RBI single here). Lanphere added a three-run double off the 406 sign in centerfield make the score respectible.
Ben Rosen had an off-game, allowing eight runs, five earned, in five-plus innings to take the loss. Bryan Hildebrand and Jesse Vermillion, however, combined to toss three shutout innings of relief. Jordan Lanman and Lanphere each had two of the Yotes eight hits.
Tomorrow's game will be carried live on 1450 KIOV-AM, as Bobby Wassmann gets the call for the Yotes against the Foresters, who dropped a 6-3 decision this morning to Vanguard.
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