TURLOCK, Calif. – The Central Washington University baseball team (2-0) began its 2025 season a day late due to a rain postponement but made up for it by sweeping its first doubleheader, defeating the Stanislaus State Warriors (0-2) 6-5 in a 13-inning game one and 6-5 in game two.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS:
 
Game 1
 
Final: Central Washington (6), Stanislaus State (5) 13
Records: CWU (1-0), CSUS (0-1)
 
Game 2
 
Final: Central Washington (6), Stanislaus State (5)
Records: CWU (2-0), CSUS (0-2)
Location: Warrior Field, Turlock, Calif.
 
GAME 1:
 
SCORING
Inning
1st       Baba Varner Jr. homered, RBI.                                                           CWU 1 | Stan 0
4th      Brandham Ponce homered, 2 RBI; Logan Blank scored.                    CWU 3 | Stan 0
7th      Brady Hinkle singled to left field, 2 RBI; Andrew Sharp                       CWU 5 | Stan 0
advanced to second; Ben Leid scored, unearned;
Logan Blank scored, unearned.
7th      Leonesio reached on an error by 3b, RBI;                                           CWU 5 | Stan 1
Navarette Jr scored, unearned.
8th      Solis reached on an error by ss; Madrigal advanced                           CWU 5 | Stan 2
to second; Davies, L. scored, unearned.
9th      Madrigal homered, 3 RBI; Davies, L. scored; Baker scored.               CWU 5 | Stan 5
13th    Sharp singled to center field, RBI; Ponce advanced to second;          CWU 6 | Stan 5
Blank scored.
 
PITCHING:

• Daniel Charron pitches six innings, allowing zero runs, five hits, five strikeouts, and facing 22 batters.
• Gabe Bustamante pitches one inning, allowing two runs, and two hits, and facing six batters.
• Kellen Berg pitches two and two-thirds innings, allowing three runs, and four hits, and facing 13 batters.
• Garet Hagy pitches three and one-thirds innings, allowing zero runs, two hits, and facing 12 batters.

 
HITTING:

• Leid and Varner led the team with two hits. Blank, Hinkle, Ponce, Sharp, and Jake Felton each got one hit.
• Ponce and Hinkle earned two RBIs each and Varner Jr. and Sharp earned one run.
• Wildcat batters made it on base 19 times through hits and walks.

 
GAME 2:
 
SCORING:
Inning
1st       Madrigal homered to left center, RBI.                                                    CWU 0 | Stan 1
3rd      Manzardo singled to right field, RBI (0-0); Helm scored.                        CWU 1 | Stan 1
3rd      Perez doubled to left field, RBI (0-1 F);                                                  CWU 1 | Stan 2
Solis advanced to third; Davies, L. scored.
5th      Varner Jr singled to right field, RBI (0-0);                                               CWU 2 | Stan 2
Birch advanced to second; Helm scored.
5th      Blank singled through the right side, RBI (1-2 BFF);                             CWU 3 | Stan 2
Varner Jr advanced to third; Birch scored.
5th      Ponce singled to left field, RBI (1-0 B);                                                  CWU 4 | Stan 2
Blank advanced to second; Varner Jr scored.
5th      Sharp singled to right field, RBI (2-2 BFBS);                                          CWU 5 | Stan 2
Ponce advanced to third; Blank scored.
5th      Navarette Jr singled through the right side, 2 RBI (0-0);                        CWU 5 | Stan 4
Solis scored; Madrigal scored.
7th      Solis advanced to third; Madrigal scored on a wild pitch.                      CWU 5 | Stan 5
9th      Varner Jr homered to right field, RBI (0-0).                                            CWU 6 | Stan 5
 
PITCHING:

• Jonathan Garza II pitches five innings, allowing four runs, seven hits, five strikeouts, and facing 21 batters.
• Jaden Anderson pitches one and one-thirds innings, allowing one run, zero hits, and facing three batters.
• Brandham Ponce pitches two and two-thirds innings, allowing zero runs, one hit, four strikeouts, and facing nine batters.

 
HITTING:

• Blank, Sharp, Varner Jr., and Travis Helm led the team with two hits each. Manzardo, Ponce, and Justin Birch got one hit.
• Varner Jr. led the team with two RBIs. Blank, Manzardo, Ponce, and Sharp got one RBI each.
• Wildcat batters made it on base 13 times through hits and walks.

 
SERIES HISTORY:

• Stanislaus State still holds a 13-game lead in the series history with Central having 11 wins and 24 losses.
• CWU currently has a four-game win streak over the Warriors.
• This was the teams' 28^th and 29^th games played in Turlock, Calif.
   

UP NEXT:
The Wildcats and Warriors wrapped up their four-game series tomorrow with another doubleheader starting at 10:00 a.m. from Warrior Field.