ELLENSBURG, Wash. – Central Washington Baseball got the 7-3 home victory against Eastern Oregon University Tuesday afternoon.

QUOTING HEAD COACH DESI STOREY
"I was pleased with the pitching staff today. They did a great job Lindholm did a great job keeping composure and got out of the inning with a strikeout. All the guys threw well. We made a couple of defensive mistakes but played decent defense."

Storey added, "We had clutch hits but weren't as consistent as we would like to be. We started off the game with clutch hits, Ben's homer was huge. We had good at bats through the first couple of innings. Guys got back to what we do and put up key runs late. Love and Sam came off the bench to give us big hits and Ohland got the clutch single. The guys did what we needed to do to win the game. I give the guys a lot of credit."

SCORING

• In the bottom of the first, Travis Helm reached on an error and Charlie Larson scored. Ben Leid came up later in the inning and smoked a three-run homer over the right field fence to give the 'Cats a 4-0 lead.
• In the second inning, Jake Felton reached on a fielder's choice that scored Drew Vankemseke.
• The Mountaineers fought back in the sixth inning. Justin Duso hit an RBI double to right center that made it 2-5.
• Austin Ohland came up to the plate in the seventh and roped an RBI single to left field that scored Helm.
• In the eighth, Eastern Oregon's Noah Zohn hit an RBI single to right that brought the Mountaineers within three.
• Sam Lauderdale pushed the 'Cats lead back to four hitting an RBI double down the left field line that scored Love.
• Drew Richardson closed out the game for the Crimson and Black as Central Washington took the 7-3 victory.

HITTING

• Austin Ohland hit 1-3 driving in one run, Sam Lauderdale had an RBI double, and Travis Helm went 1-4 with a double, an RBI, and two runs.
• Jake Felton went 2-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run. Charlie Larson hit 2-4 and scored a run.

PITCHING

• Zach Conners started on the mound for the 'Cats and picked up his first win. He threw three innings and struck out four batters. Gab Bustamante relieved Connors and threw an inning striking out a batter.
• Nick Lindholm pitched the fifth inning and struck out three batters. Nolan Murphy came in to throw the sixth and also struck out three.
• Colton Anardi pitched the seventh and struck out a batter. Beau Kearsey threw the eighth inning and recorded two strikeouts.
• Drew Richardson took the mound and struck out two in the final inning.

UP NEXT

• The Wildcats travel to Monmouth, Oregon to face Western Oregon in a four-game conference clash starting with game one Saturday, April 15^th at 1:00 p.m.