
Travis Helm hit 2-4, Trevor Tripoli went 1-2 with an RBI and "Baba" Varner Jr. Brady Hinkle went 1-3 hitting a solo homer and Austin Ohland hit 2-4 with a two-run home run.
Then, Colby Moran came up and hit a walk-off single to the left side giving the Nighthawks the 6-5 victory. In the bottom of the seventh, Paganelli and Sauders hit back-to-back singles.
Northwest Nazarene used a three-run fifth inning to tie the game at five. Later in the inning, Tripoli singled down the first base line and scored Love to give the 'Cats the 5-2 lead. In the third inning, Austin Ohland launched a two-run shot to right field. hit an RBI single and tied the game at two. Hinkle mashed a solo homer to right putting the 'Cats on the board. Kailer Saunders hit a sacrifice fly that scored Deal and put the Nighthawks up 2-0. Northwest Nazarene took a 2-0 lead in the first inning, Shane Jamison hit an RBI single to left field. Drew Richardson came in to close the game and worked 1.2 innings striking out a batter. He threw 7.1 innings, only allowed one run, and struck out three batters. Ryan Arredondo got his first win of the season. Trenton love hit 2-4 with a run batted in and Ben Leid and Travis Helm both went 1-4. Trevor Tripoli hit 2-4 with a double and three RBIs. Austin Ohland went 3-5 with a double and three RBIs. Ohland tacked on another run for Central Washington with an RBI single and Drew Richardson shut down the Nighthawks securing the 7-2 victory. The Nighthawks responded in the bottom of the eighth with a homer and RBI single to cut the deficit to four. Trevor Tripoli came up and whacked a double to left field that pushed across two more runs and gave the 'Cats a 6-0 lead. Austin Ohland extended Central Washington's lead with a double down the left field line. The 'Cats scored five runs in the eighth inning.
In the fourth inning, Trenton Love belted an RBI single to center field giving the 'Cats a 1-0 lead. We just need to be consistent and play the way we can." It hops over Love's head and the game is over. Storey added, "The dropped ball hurt, give their guy credit, with two strikes he chops it and puts it in play. Two guys on with no outs and we got out of it but gave up the lead." We took the lead, then we hit a guy and walked a guy to lead off the inning. "Game two Reid was doing a good job throwing strikes when we needed him too. That's the kind of game we are capable of every time if we play that way." We had some clutch hitting late in the game. Dondo did a great job, he kept it down in the zone, landed his off-speed, and controlled the game. "Game one I thought we played to our abilities. In game two, the Nighthawks scored in the bottom of the seventh to take the 6-5 win.
Ryan Arredondo guided the 'Cats to a 7-2 victory in game one. NAMPA Idaho – Central Washington Baseball split their two games against Northwest Nazarene on Saturday.