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Air Force Hosts Utah In Final Home Series
May 10, 2007
Complete Series Notes in PDF Format
Air Force (8-38, 0-17) vs. Utah (21-26, 9-9)
Air Force Hosts Utah In Final Home Series The Last Time Out The 2007 Falcons The 2006 Falcons Final Home Series For Four Falcon Seniors Karl Bolt - A four-year starter, Bolt enters the weekend with 190 starts in 194 games played. The rightfielder/first baseman has a .334 career batting average to go with 33 home runs. Mitch Brown - His 75 career appearances ranks fourth all-time at the Academy. His current 4.80 ERA is the lowest by a Falcon since David Diehl's 4.32 ERA in 2001. Joe Peterson - Returned to the Falcons in 2007 after three years away from the program due to a religious mission and his junior year off. Was a catcher on the 2002 and 2003 teams. Has made 14 relief appearances and did not allow a run in six of those games. Geno Salazar - A four-year starter at second base and shortstop, Salazar has started in 167 of 178 career games. Salazar has 163 career hits to go with 12 home runs and 83 RBI. He currently ranks second on the team with six home runs. Scouting Utah Air Force-Utah Connections Series History vs. Utah Bolt Moving Up The Falcon Record Charts Randhawa Blistering-Hot In MWC Play Ten Doubleheaders In 2007 Falcons Second In Stolen Bases Rubber Arm Ruvolo Freshmen Making Immediate Impact Hitting/Offense Notes Pitching Notes Defensive Notes Additional Notes Recapping Last Week In game one, Karl Bolt homered and drove in six runs to lead Air Force to the 9-5 win. Bolt broke-open a 5-5 tie ball game in the seventh with a bases-loaded double that cleared the bases and put the Falcons ahead 8-5. The senior then stole third and came around to score as the catcher's throw went into left field. Freshman Michael Ruvolo (1-6) earned his first-career win by helping the Falcons escape the seventh inning. AFA starter Casey Allen turned in another solid effort, going 6.2 innings, allowing five runs while striking out four. UVSC (19-27) reliever Ryan Chadwick (1-3) took the loss, allowing three runs in one inning pitched. Wolverine starter Jace Brinkerhoff went 5.1 innings, allowing five runs off seven hits. Brinkerhoff was also 2-for-2 with a run scored as a hitter. Air Force scored a run in the second and UVSC rallied with a run to make it a tie ballgame headed into the fifth inning. The Falcons then put up four runs in the fifth to go ahead 5-1. Josh Meents led the inning off with a solo home run and Bolt capped-off the inning with a three-run homer. Utah Valley State came back with two runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh to tie the game. Air Force had 10 hits in the game, with Bolt, Chay Derbigny and Shea Hall collecting two hits apiece. The Falcons also had solid relief pitching from David Miller and Jake Petro, who combined to pitch scoreless eighth and ninth innings. In the UNC game, the Falcons battled back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game but the Bears pushed across a run in the bottom of the eighth for the win. UNC (11-28) scored three runs in the fourth inning to go ahead 3-0. Air Force chipped away with a runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. The Bears catcher John Ray reached on a error to lead off the eighth and later came around to score from second on a two-out single by Sean Zyer. Ray and Zyer did most of the damage for UNC. Ray went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in the fourth and Zyer was 3-for-4 with three RBI. Air Force reliever Mitch Brown (2-9) took the loss, allowing the unearned run in two innings pitched. Falcon starter Alex Truesdale went six innings, allowing three runs, one earned, while scattering five hits. Northern Colorado reliever Tyler Pearson (2-5) picked up the win, pitching two scoreless innings. UNC starter Dan Kazell went seven innings, allowing nine hits and three runs while striking out eight. Air Force had 11 hits in the game, with Derbigny, Geno Salazar, Jason Griggs and Hall collecting two hits apiece. Air Force returns to action tomorrow morning with a 11 a.m. game against Northern Colorado. On Saturday, despite racking up 15 hits, Air Force struggled to get runs up on the scoreboard, falling 4-2 to Northern Colorado. Five Falcons had two-or-more hits in the game. Karl Bolt and Shea Hall led the way, both going 3-for-4. Chay Derbigny, Josh Meents and Jason Griggs had two hits apiece. Air Force starter Jake Petro (3-9) kept the game close, allowing three runs off eight hits in 6.1 innings pitched. Mitch Brown and Michael Ruvolo pitched in relief for the Falcons. UNC reliever Matt Collins (2-1) picked up the win with two scoreless innings of relief. Tyler Pearson threw a scoreless eighth and ninth innings for the save. Bear starter Chris Reap allowed the two runs off 12 hits in five innings pitched. Air Force struck first with a run in the fourth inning to take an early 1-0 lead. UNC came right back with a run in the bottom of the inning to tie the ball game at 1-1. The Falcons immediately re-took the lead with a run in the fifth to go back up 2-1. Northern Colorado tied the game up with John Ray's homer and went ahead with another run in the sixth to make it a 3-2 game. UNC tacked on an insurance run in the eighth. The Bears had 10 hits in the game with four players collecting two hits each. Up Next Season Standing Notes • Petro Named MWC Pitcher Of The Week - For his effort against Hawaii Hilo, sophomore right-hander Jake Petro was named Mountain West Conference Pitcher and Player of the Week on April 2. This is the second career weekly award for Petro. Petro, a San Antonio, Texas, product, tallied his third win of the season with complete game shutout in Air Force's 7-0 victory at Hawai'i-Hilo last Saturday. The win snapped the Falcons' 13-game losing streak. In seven innings of work, he scattered four hits while striking out three batters. Petro allowed just one base runner to get past second base in the game. The shutout was the first for Air Force in 58 games, dating back to the 2006 season. He also tossed three scoreless innings in relief in the first game of the series. On the week, Petro hurled 10.0 innings of scoreless ball, striking out six, walking three and giving up just seven hits. • Bolt Hits For Cycle - Falcon senior Karl Bolt hit for the Cycle last Wednesday against Colorado Christian. In addition, the senior drove in four runs and scored three. It was the first cycle performance by a Falcon since Tony Shockley accomplished the feat on March 27, 2003 against Hawai'i. Bolt singled in the fourth, doubled in the sixth and hit a two-run homer in the eighth. The Stockton, Calif., native capped the day off by smacking a triple to the right-center gap. • Ausbun Named To All-Tournament Team - Freshman third baseman Ben Ausbun was named to the 2007 Service Academies Spring Classic All-Tournament team. The Puyallup, Wash., native batted .455 in the three games (5-for-11), scoring two runs and driving in one. Ausbun had three hits combined in the two games against Navy and also had a pair of hits against Akron. • Bolt Brothers Battle In Millington - When Air Force took on Navy at the Service Academies Springs Classic at USA Stadium in Millington, Tenn., brothers Karl and Kendall Bolt faced each other for the first time. Karl, a senior outfielder at Air Force and Kendall, a freshman shortstop at Navy, are both products of Lincoln HS in Stockton, Calif. Kendall got the better of the brothers, as Navy took both games of the series with Kendall scoring the go-ahead run in the first game. • Falcon Brotherhood - Falcon sophomore right-hander Jake Petro is the second Petro to play for the Falcons. Older brother, Dan Petro, played for the Falcons from 2000-03 and was an all-conference catcher in `03. • Falcons Tabbed 7th in MWC Preseason Poll -The Air Force Falcon baseball team was tabbed to finish seventh in the Mountain West Conference as voted by the seven head coaches and select media. TCU, the defending conference champion, was selected to finish first, followed by San Diego State in second and BYU in third. UNLV followed up in fourth, New Mexico in fifth and Utah in sixth. • Closing in on 500 - The Falcons are one win away from 500 wins all-time at Falcon Field. Air Force is 499-388 all-time at Falcon Field. • Finally, some lefties - After several years of just having one or two left-handers on the team, Air Force features seven players that can either hit or throw from the left side. Four batters and three pitchers hit and throw from the odd side and will give Mike Hutcheon some strategic possibilities.
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