Winning streak continues for Westmont baseball team

By RON SMITH WESTMONT SPORTS WRITER

The Westmont baseball team (25-5) has extended its winning streak to 15 games by taking both ends of a doubleheader on Saturday at Russ Carr Field at the Montecito campus.

The Warriors, ranked 12th in the NAIA, defeated Bethesda (11-15) by scores of 11-1 and 9-5 to complete a four-game sweep of the

Flames. The sweep is the fourth in a row for the Warriors and the fifth this season.

In the first game, Westmont pounded out 19 hits behind starting pitcher Chase Goddard, who improved his record to 6-1. In seven innings of work, Goddard gave up one run on eight hits, struck out three and walked one. Zac Bridger pitched the eighth and struck out the side for the

Warriors. Demetri Perry closed out the game in the ninth without surrendering a hit or a run. Westmont took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Finn Snyder singled to score Trey Dunn from second. Dunn had reached on an infield single to start the inning. The score remained 1-0 until the top of the fifth when Bethesda scored a single run. With runners

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