LEWISTON, Idaho – [BRACKET | SCHEDULE] The 65th Annual Avista-NAIA World Series Championship has seen three teams battling on Harris Field - No. 1 Southeastern (Fla.), No. 3 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), and mother nature. Lightning and rain suspended play at 7:20 p.m. PST in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Fire had a 6-5 lead, bases loaded, and no outs recorded against them.

FRIDAY GAME SCHEDULE

Resumes at 8:15 a.m. PST - Bottom 7th Inning

SEU 6, LCSC 5

GAME 19 - NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS

• Gary Lora took a ball in the bottom of the second and launched it to center field which gave the Fire an early lead
• Southeastern further built its advantage, starting first with a two-out homer to center by Abdel Guadalupe and then a two-RBI double by Sam Faith which scored Brian Fuentes and Lora
• After having two three up, three down innings and only one hit the Warriors offense woke up in the top of the fifth to the tune of five runs
• The first two tallies were scored off doubles from Nick Seamons and Pu'ukani De Sa
• Alex Munroe took over for Drew Gillespie in the middle of the fifth inning with the bases loaded and gave up consecutive RBI hits which brought LCSC all the way back to take a 5-4 lead – all before a single out was recorded by Southeastern
• Guadalupe started the response by the Fire when he was hit by a pitch then stole second before tying the game on Sam Faith’s single up the middle; SEU was unable to push the go-ahead run across the plate as the frame ended with runners on the corners
• A single by Morales and a walk to Broyles gave the Fire two aboard with only one out; Warrior pitcher Greg Blackman ended the at-bat for the Fire on a strikeout and line out
• Fire shortstop fielded the cut off throw off Aidan Nagle’s double and threw a dart to home plate where catcher Shamir Morales kept the game at a 5-5 score
• As storm clouds drew ever closer to Harris Field, the reason a double header was scheduled, Southeastern twice had runners on second and third with no outs in the bottom of the seventh
• Nunez hit a base knock that landed just in front of the center fielder which pushed the leading run across the plate, scored by Lora
• When the bases were loaded, play was suspended at 7:30 pm PST, 2:30 after first pitch was thrown

GAME 18 - NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS

No. 3 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (58-6) def. No. 1 Lewis Clark State (Idaho) (58-4), 10-9 | Box Score

• A common theme in the 2022 series was the impact rain, field conditions, and weather forecasts played on the tournament bracket and schedule
• Thomas Broyles was the first batter to step into the box for either side and immediately singled down the left field line
• Joe Ball would get out of the inning with consecutive outs, but he would not fare as well in the second
• Singles from Isaac Nunez and Stephen Cullen placed runners on second and third base, leaving space for Jose Marcano to load the bases when he was hit by the pitch
• The Fire lit up the scoreboard first on Shamir Morales’ long ball which smacked high off the center field wall, scoring Nunez
• Broyles plated the second run of the inning with his sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Cullen
• Lewis-Clark State wasted no time knotting the score at 2-2 via a double down the line which scored Zach Threlfal and Coy Stout who were on base by walk and hit by pitch
• The next batter Aidan Nagle hit the ball to right field which scored Riley Way and Pu'ukani De Sa, giving the Warriors a quick 4-2 advantage
• Brian Fuentes blasted his third HR of the series which closed the gap to 4-3 favoring LCSC
• Mirroring the second inning, the Warriors got the offense cranking in the bottom of the fourth all with two outs away
• First, De Sa homered to right, Linscott singled up the middle to score the second, Nagle cross home on a wild pitch, and a fourth on a base hit by Justin Mazzone
• Southeastern trotted out Robb Adams for the second time in the tournament, after he threw 133 pitches and struck out 10 across 7.2 innings in a no-decision on Saturday, May 28^th in Game Six
• Adams would be pulled after allowing eight runs and nine hits, with two outs award in the fourth
• For the second time in two at-bats, Fuentes launched a homer to center field bringing the SEU deficit to 8-4 in the top of the fifth
• Meanwhile, LCSC starter Ball took the mound for the first time since the Opening Round
• Linscott singled through the gap and subsequently stole second base which broke the LC single season record without being caught stealing (27-27)
• Thomas Broyles launched a two-RBI no-doubter into right center field as none of the outfielders moved to chase the ball
• One batter after, Fuentes launched his third home run of the game, all in consecutive at bats
• Singles from Nagle and De Sa set the table for an RBI base knock to center by Linscott which gave the Warriors a 10-7 lead entering the eighth inning
• A one out single from Cullen forced a pitching change for the Warriors; at first it looked like the Fire were going to chip into the LCSC lead, but a smooth double play by Way, Davis, and White ended the top of the eighth
• With a 10-7 score, the Fire had the bases juiced but only one out to play with as Isaac Nunez stepped into the box
• Eli Schubert was tasked with getting the five out save for the Warriors, which seemed in jeopardy when he singled to left field scoring F and Guadalupe to cut it to a 10-9 score
• Facing a full count and two runners on, Cullen was out on a called third strike to end the game and force the if necessary