Box Score (Game 1)
Box Score (Game 2)

MONMOUTH, Ore. (Mar. 6) -- Junior Brady Kincannon (Federal Way/Decatur HS) totaled six hits in two games for the Central Washington University baseball team on Sunday, but the Wildcats fell to Western Oregon University by scores of 7-6 and 4-1.

Central, which has now lost 15 straight games in the head-to-head series with Western Oregon, fell to 4-8 overall and 0-4 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. WOU improved to 10-6 and 4-0 in the GNAC.

Kincannon, who previously spent time in the Western Oregon program before coming to CWU this past fall, was 4 for 5 in Sunday's opener with two runs batted in. He then went 2 for 2 in the nightcap, and his six hits on the day accounted for one-third of the Wildcats' offensive production in the twinbill.

Central scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning of game one to take a 3-1 advantage. Three of the four Wildcat hits in the inning came with two outs, capped by back-to-back run-scoring doubles by Kincannon and sophomore David Leid (Carson City, Nev./Carson HS). The Wildcats then followed with one more run in the seventh inning on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by junior Derrick Webb (Ephrata), scoring junior Brett Bielec (Port Orchard/North Mason) to give CWU a 4-1 lead.

The Western Oregon bats came alive in the bottom of the eighth inning, when they scored six runs on five hits to take a 7-4 lead into the ninth.

The Wildcats' efforts of a ninth-inning comeback fell short despite an RBI fielder's choice by junior Glen Reser (Spokane/Mead HS) and a RBI single by Kincannon.

Senior Jake Millbauer (Kennewick/Kamiakin HS) had a solid pitching outing for the Wildcats, throwing 7 1/3 innings and scattering 10 hits and four runs while striking out two.

Western Oregon's Aaron Headrick and Eric Copenhagen had three and two hits, respectively, each totaled three RBI in the contest.

In game two, Central Washington scored first on a RBI single by junior Scott Cooper (Ellensburg) in the second inning, when the Wildcats had four hits but stranded two base runners.

Western Oregon scored two runs each in the second and sixth innings to give them the final 4-1 advantage in game two.

Both starting pitchers went the distance in the seven inning nightcap, with CWU junior Ryan Hastings (Lynden) striking out four batters, while giving up four runs of which just two were earned. WOU starter Cam Nobles surrendered just six hits, walking three batters and fanning five.

Central Washington will next host a pair of doubleheaders against Northwest Nazarene next weekend. The twinbills on Friday (Mar. 11) and Saturday (Mar. 12) are both slated for noon starts.