LACEY, Wash. – Central Washington Baseball split with Saint Martin's on Saturday. The 'Cats used 13 hits to take the 7-2 victory in game one. Game two was a pitchers' duel and Justice Yamashita worked through 7 innings guiding the Saints to a 1-0 win.

QUOTING HEAD COACH DESI STOREY
"Hirai and Daniel threw fantastic today. Drew did a great job finishing the game for us. We played well just didn't adjust to Yamashita in game two. The guys are playing well, but in these close low-scoring games you have to be able to adjust and push a run or two across. We played great defense today. Tomorrow, we have to come out and set the tone and be consistent at the plate."
 
GAME ONE

• Larson advanced to third on a wild pitch and next up, Travis Helm hit a sac fly that scored Larson giving the 'Cats a 1-0 lead.
• Lauderdale singled to the right side, driving in two runs, and then Love singled scoring Leid and extending the lead to four.
• In the top of the fifth, Hinkle singled through the right-side scoring Lauderdale, and Tripoli hit one to center driving in Hinkle.
• The Saints put up two runs in the bottom of the fifth on a double from Arecchi and Yamaguchi's sacrifice fly drove in another run bringing the deficit to five.
• Daniel Charron had a fantastic outing throwing 7.1 innings and striking out seven. Then, Drew Richardson came in and pitched 1.2 innings to secure the 7-2 victory.

HITTING

• Charlie Larson went 3-4 scoring a run.
• Travis Helm and Brady Hinkle hit 2-4, Helm had 2 RBIs and Hinkle had one.
• Sam Lauderdale connected for two hits in four at-bats and drove in two runs.

PITCHING

• Daniel Charron threw a fantastic 7.1 innings striking out seven batters to get the win. Drew Richardson came in and finished the game throwing the final 1.2 innings for the 'Cats.

GAME TWO

• This game was a pitchers' duel from the get-go with Brayde Hirai on the mound for the 'Cats and Justice Yamashita for the Saints.
• The 'Cats stranded three in the top of the fourth and the Saints scored in the sixth when Yamaguchi laced a single through the left side scoring Bean and giving them a 1-0 lead.
• The 'Cats couldn't produce a run in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings.

HITTING

• Charlie Larson and Ben Leid went 1-3 and Travis Helm went 1-2 and drew a walk.

PITCHING

• Brayde Hirai had a great outing going seven innings, only allowing one run, and striking out two batters.

UP NEXT

• The 'Cats wrap up the series tomorrow in Lacey, Washington playing games three and four at noon and three.