LACEY, Wash. – Central Washington Baseball finishes their four-game series against Saint Martin's with a 2-2 record after winning game one 7-5 and falling in game two 5-6.

QUOTING HEAD COACH DESI STOREY
"I thought we did a really good job bouncing back from a bad 2^nd inning. We could have lost our composure and we didn't Dondo put up goose eggs and gave the guys a chance to come back. We got a couple of late runs we needed and got past the one hiccup and overcame it and that was huge."

Storey added, "In game two we made a bunch of mistakes, including a base running error that ended the game. Too many mistakes in that game, and we didn't help ourselves. Reid came in with bases loaded and he minimized the damage, that was great. We need to not shoot ourselves in the foot and we aren't taking advantage of those opportunities. Now we head home, regroup, and get ready for the Wolves."
 
GAME ONE

• Down one after the first inning, the 'Cats responded. Tripoli's single put Central Washington on the board and later in the inning, Kevin "Baba" Varner Jr. laced one to left field and throwing errors allowed two runs to score.
• Saint Martin's stormed back putting up four runs in the bottom of the second. Brady Bean doubled to left and pushed across two runs. Next up, Michael Yamaguchi hit an RBI single to right giving the Saints the 5-3 lead.
• Sam Lauderdale drew a walk with bases loaded in the fifth to bring the 'Cats within one. In the next inning, Charlie Larson tied the game, hitting an RBI single to left field.
• In the eighth, Brady Hinkle executed a bunt for a single, and then Larson nailed one to right field. Kevin "Baba" Varner Jr. laid down a bunt and beat the throw to load the bases.
• Travis Helm seized his chance to give CWU the lead as he mashed a single to right field that drove in two runs and gave the Wildcats a 7-5 lead.
• Alex Brady finished the game, securing the 7-5 victory for the Crimson and Black.

HITTING

• Charlie Larson went 2-4 with an RBI and Travis Helm delivered in crunch time with his lone hit of the game.
• Brady Hinkle went 2-4 and Trenton Love and Trevor Tripoli both hit 1-4.
• Kevin "Baba" Varner Jr. had a great day at the plate with four hits in five at-bats.

PITCHING

• Ryan Arredondo got the start, he faced 26 batters in six innings of work and recorded a strikeout.
• Alex Brady came in and got his first win of the season. He threw three innings and struck out two batters.

GAME TWO

• Central Washington struck first, Trenton Love hit one to right center that drove in Ben Leid and gave the 'Cats a 1-0 advantage.
• The Saints responded with an emphatic 4^th inning. McCorkle started the scoring by ripping an RBI single to the left side, Mcnally drove in the third run on a fielder's choice, and Brady Bean's single to center put Saint Martin's up 4-1.
• The sixth inning ended and the 'Cats were down 2-6 heading into the final frame.
• In the seventh, Larson laid down a bunt and reached on an error. With the bases loaded, Varner Jr. walked in a run to make it 3-6.
• Next up, Helm hit a sac fly to right field that brought the 'Cats within two. Then, Leid hit a single to left scoring Larson, but Saint Martin's survived as a base running error ended the game.

HITTING

• Ben Leid led the Wildcat's offense in game two going 2-3 at the dish with an RBI and a walk.
• Trenton Love, Travis Helm, and Kevin "Baba" Varner Jr. all went 1-3 with an RBI, and Austin Ohland and Trevor Tripoli each had a hit.

PITCHING

• Beau Kearsey threw 3.2 innings and recorded four strikeouts, Gabe Bustamante came in and recorded an out, and Reid Rasmussen finished the game throwing two innings and fanning three batters.

UP NEXT

• The Wildcats will regroup and return home for a weekend GNAC series against Western Oregon. Games one and two are on Saturday, March 11^th, and games three and four are on Sunday. All games are at 12 and 3 p.m.