MONMOUTH, Ore. – The Central Washington University baseball team (18-16, 12-10 GNAC) started the day rough but rebounded to split the opening doubleheader of the series Saturday afternoon against Western Oregon (10-21, 7-15 GNAC) by scores of 0-6 and 9-5. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUPS: 

Game 1 

Final: Central Washington (0), Western Oregon (6) 

Records: CWU (17-16), WOU (10-20) 

Game 2 

Final: Central Washington (9), Western Oregon (5) 

Records: CWU (18-16), WOU (10-21) 

Location: WOU Baseball Field, Monmouth, Ore.  

GAME 1: 

SCORING: 

• The Wolves struck first in the second inning when Calvin Tenorio hit a single through the right side, driving in Tyler Mohler and John Oleson to take a 2-0 lead. 

• Western Oregon got another run after Daniel Charron walked Zane Garvey with the bases loaded and Trey Nelson scored. 

• The offense continued for WOU as Owen Bischoff drove a single through the left side to bring Andre Jackson II and Tenorio in to give the Wolves a 5-0 lead. 

• The Wolves got one more run in the second as Oleson singled to right field and Bischoff scored. 

PITCHING: 

• Daniel Charron pitched five and two-third innings, allowing six runs on seven hits, facing 30 batters. 

• Braden Zadow pitched two and one-third innings, allowing zero runs and two hits, facing 10 batters. 

HITTING: 

• Four players including Logan Blank, Ben Leid, Brandham Ponce, and Baba Varner Jr. recorded a hit. 

• The Wildcats reached base seven times by hits and walks. 

GAME 2: 

SCORING: 

• The Wildcats strike early as Ben Leid sends a pitch over center field for a three-run homer in the first inning. 

• Zane Garvey answered for the Saints in the third, doubling down the left-field line to drive in Cedric Gatter. 

• Nate Nadeau gave Central another run with a sacrifice flyout as Jake Felton tagged up at third base and scored in the fourth inning. 

• Baba Varner Jr. followed up with a single to left field to drive in Justin Birch to make it 5-1 CWU. 

• The Crimson and Black opened up the scoring in the fifth inning, scoring four runs off a bases-loaded walk by Nadeau, a single from Birch, another bases-loaded walk by Varner Jr., and a hit-by-pitch by Brandham Ponce as WOU's pitching couldn't find a way out of the jam. 

• Western Oregon's offense found inspiration from CWU in the fifth and responded with three runs off a bases-loaded walk by Owen Bischoff, a sacrifice fly by Collin Irwin, and a single by John Oleson to trail 4-9. 

• The Wolves got a last chance run in the seventh inning as Irwin grounded out to the shortstop and allowed Garvey to score to make it 9-5. 

PITCHING: 

• Jonathan Garza II pitched four and one-third innings, allowing four runs on three hits, and striking out five of the 21 batters he faced. 

• Kellen Berg pitched two and two-third innings, allowing one run on three hits, and striking out one of the 10 batters he faced. 

HITTING: 

• Ben Leid led the Wildcats in RBIs with three. Nate Nadeau and Baba Varner Jr. earned two RBIs, and Justin Birch and Brandham Ponce recorded an RBI. 

• Jake Felton, Marcus Manzardo, and Leid recorded two hits, while Max Bledy, Birch, Ponce, and Varner Jr. recorded a hit. 

• The Wildcats reached base 16 times by hits and walks. 

SERIES HISTORY: 

• Central trails the all-time series 57-134. 

• These were the teams' 87th and 88th games played in Monmouth, Ore. 
   

UP NEXT: 

The Wildcats and Wolves are back at it tomorrow for day two of the series. First pitch from the WOU Baseball Field is scheduled for noon PDT.