Baseball | 3/10/2012 8:40:00 PM

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 [Game 1 box score] [Game 2 box score]

MONMOUTH, Ore. - Western Oregon completed the four-game sweep of Northwest Nazarene, allowing a total five runs in the process, by taking a doubleheader from the Crusaders, by the scores of 8-3 and 6-0, on Saturday (Mar. 10).

The wins keep the Wolves perfect in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play (4-0) and moved them to 15-6 on the season. The losses drop NNU to 11-8 on the season (0-4 GNAC). This is the Wolves' first four-game sweep of the Crusaders since 2010 at home.

The Wolves once again got great performances from their starting pitchers as Kirk Lind and Travis Bradshaw combined to throw 13 innings while allowing eight hits and just one unearned run.

Game 1
David Amberson went 4-for-4 with two RBI and four runs scored, and Matt Nylen drove in three runs to help lift Western Oregon to the 8-3 win in game one. Amberson and Nylen led a Wolves' offensive charge which responded against the highly touted Crusaders' pitcher Zeb Sneed to knock him from the game after just two innings.

WOU put up one run in the first inning without the benefit of a hit. Western Oregon would score two more in the second on RBIs from Amberson and Nylen. WOU would tack on single runs in the fourth and sixth but NNU scored in three straight innings to make it 5-3 after the top of the eighth. The Wolves would add three more runs in their half of the eighth as their first six batters of the inning reached base.

Kirk Lind (2-2) outdueled Sneed as the senior from Vancouver, Wash. (Prairie HS) threw six innings in the bad weather allowing just three hits and an unearned run to pick up his second win of the season.

Blake Miller also drove in two runs for the Wolves, as their top three batters in the order combined for seven of the team's eight RBIs. Michael Gange and Griff Boyd each added two runs scored.

Game 2
Travis Bradshaw threw a complete game shutout and the Wolves scored five runs in the first inning to win game two 6-0.

Bradshaw went all seven innings allowing just five hits to improve to 4-1 on the season. The only two innings the Crusaders threatened, the third and seventh, Bradshaw induced groundball double plays to diffuse the threat. 

The Wolves scored all five runs in the first with two out. Kyle Blackwelll got the scoring started with an RBI single through the left side. He would then score on a single by Quinn Naughtin. Griff Boyd would add an RBI knock and Eric Copenhagen capped off the scoring with a two-run opposite field single.

Naughtin, Blackwell and Matt Nylen had two hits apiece to lead the Wolves who outhit the Crusaders 28-19.

Next games
The Wolves will be off next weekend but will continue their conference play on Mar. 24-25 at Central Washington.