Baseball: Saints swept by Central

March 1, 2008

Ellensburg, WA – Central Washington took both games of a doubleheader against Saint Martin’s, coming from behind to beat the Saints 11-10 in game one and rolling to a 12-4 win in game two Saturday at Tomlinson Field.

Central put up three runs in the bottom of the first courtesy of a homerun to right field by Nate Rylaarsdam.

The Saints got on the board in the third on a single by Craig Yuhas to score Andy Cole. They would add three more in the fifth on a leadoff homer by Shane Schoeneberg, a single by Nate Baker and a sacrifice fly by Yuhas.

CWU answered with two runs of their own in the bottom half of the innings to take the 5-4 lead.

The two teams exchanged runs over the next three innings and Central went into the bottom of the ninth down 10-8. Andrew Snowden and Dane Riner singled to put runners on first and second. Jamie Nilsen sent a double into right center to score both runners and to the game 10-10. A.J. Gosney followed suit with a double of his own to score Nilsen for the winning run.

Andrew Neisinger was tagged with the loss in relief. Nick Bolthouse started for the Saints allowing four earned runs through six innings and got the no decision.

Schoeneberg hammered out three home runs in the games to drive in six runs. Baker added three hits while Cole, Brandon Kuykendall, Tom Barlow, and Carlo Ramirez each had two.

Saint Martin’s scored first in game two, plating three runs in the top of the first on a two-run single by Yuhas and a sacrifice by Luke Abbott, but Central answered right back with three in their half of the inning.

Central would tack on two more in both the third and fifth innings then broke it open with five runs in the sixth.

The Saints only other run came in the second on a bases loaded hit batsman.

Rylaarsdam led the Wildcats going 2-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs scored.

Kevin Jones took the loss for the Saints throwing four innings allowing five runs, three earned.

The Saints are back in action this Friday as they take on Northwest Nazarene in a doubleheader at Saints Field.