Westmont planned bullpen game for second straight Tuesday

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Continued from Page A3 and to continue to work Yates back from his delayed start to the season. Robbie has pitched in big moments over the course of his career, which he hasn’t had to do this year. We were able to get him and inning of work. Everything worked out perfectly today.”

The five Warrior pitchers allowed just four hits, struck out 12 and surrendered just one walk.

This is the second Tuesday in a row that Westmont has intentionally staffed the mound with multiple pitchers who normally work out of the pen. Last Tuesday, seven bullpen arms recorded a 10-1 win over Biola. In 18 innings over the last two Tuesday games, the normal relief pitchers have allowed just one run and seven hits while striking out 17.

On the offensive side, Westmont put together two three-run innings. In the first inning, leadoff hitter Michael Soper singled to center then took second with Daniel Patterson recorded an infield single. A single to center by Brady Renck drove in Soper and advanced Patterson to third. With some head’s up baserunning, Renck took second on the play when he caught the Firebird’s infield napping.

Patterson then scored on a sacrifice fly by Justin Rodriguez to right. Renck advanced to third on the play and later scored the inning’s third run on a single to right by Liam Critchett.

Renck went two for four on the day with a run scored and an RBI. His run scored was the 153rd of his career, just four back of the career record held by Michael Stefanic (2015-18) at 157.

“Brady is continuing to be the special player that he is,” noted LaTorre.

With two away in the fourth inning, Kaden Tsuji recorded an infield single to second and was replaced by Bryce McFeely on first base. McFeely stole second before Trey Dunn was walked, giving the Warriors runners at first and second.

Jonah Paez came to the plate and reached on an error by the Firebirds’ first baseman that allowed McFeely to score and Dunn to reach third. Paez, alert that the ball was still live but second base was left uncovered, took second uncontested.

That brought up Jack Fletcher who singled to center field, driving in both Dunn and Paez. Fletcher was two for three at the plate for the Warriors.

“I am very proud of Jack,” expressed LaTorre. “Even though he hasn’t played as much as he would like, he has been a great teammate over the last few weeks. For him to

JOHNSTONE, Lammy Olcott

Lammy passed away at the Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara California at the age of 79. She was born in New York City on January 23, 1944. Her time growing up was spent in New York City and summer homes in Saratoga and Pound Ridge NY. She was a graduate of the Hewett school in New York and Debutant in the New York Infirmary Ball at the Waldorf Astoria. She continued her education at Mercy and Finch Colleges in New York City. It is there where she found her passion for writing and reporting.

She had a long illustrious career in various roles from coast to coast in positions including society reporter for the New York Daily News and LA Times, columnist and senior editor for Ad Week and freelance writer with her work appearing in Good Housekeeping, Women’s Day, Sports Illustrated and Cosmopolitan.

Over the years she had the opportunity to interview a few icons in history including Martin Luther King Jr., Pelé, and Joe Namath. Lammy also was the media consultant who rode across Russia on her own motorcycle with Malcom Forbes.

Later in her career, Lammy joined Macmillan Publishing Co. where she was named president of Showtime Publications division. When Macmillan was sold, she purchased the rights to Showtime and started her own successful company under Olcott Communications.

She eventually landed in Solvang where she has resided for the past 25 + years and has been a passionate member of the community. She was always involved in the local government, charities, exhibitions, and papers. Lammy had many friends and will be deeply missed in her Solvang community.

Her love of animals was apparent as her home was always filled with dogs, cats and birds. All are considered part of her extended family.

Horses were her true passion from an early age. She learned to ride at Ox Ridge in Darien Connecticut and would be seen riding through Central Park in her teenage years. She continued to ride throughout her life and was the proud owner of five horses. We will miss Lammy’s passionate spirit for all things in life.

Lammy was the granddaughter of the late Rita Olcott and the well-known Irish tenor Chauncey Olcott. Mr. Olcott was the performing artist and composer of several Irish songs, including When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, My Wild Irish Rose, and Mother Machree.

Lammy is survived by her brothers, Chauncey and wife Pat of Wilton, CT, Charles Johnstone of New York, NY, and sister Jyll Johnstone and husband Michael Davis of Belvedere, CA. In addition, she is survived by her four nieces, and six grand nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, Edmund and Janet Johnstone, and her brother Ned Johnstone.

There will be a service to celebrate her life on Friday April 14th at the Old Mission Santa Inés in Solvang at 11am. Memorials may made to the Happy Endings Animal Rescue Sanctuary of Santa Ynez Valley and the Old Mission Santa Inés in memory of Lammy Johnstone-Kockler.

get the start in center field and put together quality at bats and drive in two runs - I am super proud of him.

“I thought we did enough offensively. The last few weeks we have had big innings. I would hope that as we continue down this stretch that we would put more pressure on the other team in multiple innings.”

Defensively, the Warriors played an error free game.

“I thought it was a good day for us defensively,” said LaTorre, “especially with us giving some days off to guys who have played every weekend. Soper started at short and Patterson started at third base, I thought it was great the way we played defense behind stellar pitching.” email: sports@newspress.com

Westmont will finish off the regular season with a three-game series at The Master’s (2611, 10-8) on Friday and Saturday and another three-game series at Ottawa (5-12-1, 13-22-1) the following weekend. The Warriors, who are 15-3 in GSAC play, currently enjoy a two-game lead over #6 Hope International (24-7, 13-5) for first place in the GSAC standings.

Ron Smith is the sports information director at Westmont College.