The University of British Columbia, Nat Bailey Stadium’s springtime tenants, went on a shooting rampage that would leave Dick Cheney envious this weekend when they exploded on the Eastern Oregon University, beating them 15-0 and 19-4 in a double-header in which the Mountaineers managed only 9 hits across 14 innings.

In the first game of the day, UBC starter Shawn Schaefer gave up only one hit and one walk over 6 innings, with Tim Henderson pitching a perfect 7th to end the game. 1st baseman Connor Janes hit a 2-run homer in the 5th to start the onslaught in what turned out to be a 9 run inning. DH Steve Bell-Irving went 3-4, while CF Tyler Willson went 3-5 in support.

In the second game, UBC managed a whopping 11 runs in just the 5th inning alone, including a grand slam to catcher Brendan Kornberger, and a 3-run dinger to perrenial home run threat, Connor Janes. SS Davey Wallace went 5-6 hitting in the #9 spot, while lead-off man and second baseman Mark Capone went 4-7, equaling the school record for most at bats in a game. Brendan Rolfe, Dave Pasquali, Brad Ashman, and Joey Benda each pitched a perfect inning to close the game down after starter Doug Grant gave up four early.

Earlier in the week, UBC drilled Albertson in four games, beating them 7-1, 11-6, 2-1 and 8-5. Shawn Schaefer pitched a 7-inning complete game in the 2-1 victory, while Jeff Tobin pitched 6 scorless innings, striking out 7 and walking nobody in the third game of the series. Brad Ashman, who was getting clobbered early in the season, scored the final win with 2 2/3 innings of one-hit ball, making him equal with Jeff Francis as UBC’s most winningest pitcher.

UBC rolls into their next series with a 3-0 regular season record in region I play, and a 4-0 record in the NORPAC standings. In fact, the TBirds are looking so strong right now that a certain school that will remain nameless actually DUCKED them last week, reasoning that they had a chance at playing a high profile school who was touring around the same time… Cowards.

UBC starts their home season at Nat Bailey Stadium on Saturday March 18th (yes, that’s this coming Saturday), and I won’t be there. Unfortunately it conflicts with the South By Southwest Film and Music Festival, which I get to every year in Austin Texas, but I’ll be back in town for game 2 on the 21st and 22nd against the usually mighty Lewis and Clark State.

Oh, and did I mention I’ll be in Oakland on opening day against the Yankees?

Suh-weet…