LEWISTON, Idaho – The Warriors of LC State Baseball added two more wins to the season total with a twin bill sweep of NCAA Division II Central Washington on Saturday. No. 4 LC State utilized strong starting pitching as well as a solid bullpen during each contest.
"
Eric Chavarria competed for us today without his best stuff," Head Coach
Jake Taylor said. "Once again, Joe (Ball) was sharp out of the pen. In game two, it was great to see Drake (Borschowa), Lucas (Gregory) and Brooks (Juhasz) throw a shutout. Offensively, we are beginning to make a few strides with our overall approach. We need to get ready to go tomorrow morning and finish the weekend off."
GAME ONE: LC State def. CWU 15-5 (8 innings)
CWU put a run on the board in the top of the first with a solo shot by Austin Hauck. The Warriors with two in the home half of the inning after
Riley Way singled and
A.J. Davis walked to start the momentum. A flyout by
Aidan Nagle advanced both before a groundout by
Sam Linscott tied things up.
Luke White put LC in front with a hit through the right side.
A double by
Justin Mazzone started the bottom of the second, and courtesy runner
Coy Stout scored on a double by Way to push the advantage to 3-1. The Wildcats struck for a run on three hits in the third to make it a one-run game.
Back-to-back hits by Nagle and Linscott got things going for LC in the Warrior half of the fifth. A wild pitch brought Nagle across and a sacrifice fly by White brought in another.
Nick Seamons doubled to right before scoring on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Mazzone.
The Warriors ran into trouble in the sixth with the Wildcats striking for three runs.
Joe Ball came in with runners on and didn't waste any pitches, getting the first two to groundout back to him on the mound on first pitches before a quick groundout to second ended the threat with LC ahead 6-5.
The first LC run in the sixth came without a hit. Davis and Nagle both walked, then White and
Zach Threlfall were each hit by a pitch. Nagle scored on a wild pitch and Mazzone drove in two with a single through the right side. Seamons and Stout pulled off a double steal before Seamons raced home on a wild pitch to make it 11-5. One more came in on a fielder's choice to end the inning with LC leading 12-5.
The Warriors added a run in the seventh when Linscott scored on a wild pitch after stealing second and third. More CWU miscues led to two more LC runs in the eighth to end the game via the 10-run rule.
Way, Nagle and Mazzone each tallied two hits in the game. Mazzone drove in three runs, while Way and White each knocked in two. The Warriors tallied five doubles and six stolen bases.
GAME TWO: LC State def. CWU 5-0
The offense was all LC State as Warrior pitching combined to strike out 12 in the second game of the day. A solo homer by Seamons got the scoring started for LC in the second, and a sacrifice fly by White made it 2-0 in the third.
Pu'ukani De Sa singled to keep the momentum going in the fourth before stealing second and taking third on an error. He scored in an RBI-single by Way.
The Warriors added two in the fifth to cap the scoring in the contest. Linscott singled and an error moved him to third. Mazzone sent a sacrifice fly into foul territory in left before
Matt James drove in the fifth run of the game.
LC State pitching shut out the CWU offense behind 12 strikeouts and just one walk.
Drake Borschowa got the start and fanned six in five innings.
Lucas Gregory struck out two in two innings and
Brooks Juhasz added four punchouts without a hit in his two innings. The bullpen did not walk a batter.
Linscott and De Sa each tallied three hits in the game, while Way added two. Nagle, Mazzone and De Sa each swiped a bag.
The Warriors are scheduled to conclude the series with CWU on Sunday at 11 a.m.
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