MONMOUTH, Ore. --- The Western Oregon baseball team won 5-4 in 11 innings and 4-0 to complete a four-game sweep of Saint Martin's on Sunday at WOU Baseball Field.
The Wolves (9-16 overall, 6-10 GNAC) rallied in the first game to beat the Saints (1-30, 1-14) as they trailed 3-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh. WOU got on the board with a bang in the bottom of the seventh as
Ruben Cedillo blasted a two-run shot to left to cut the SMU lead to 3-2.
The Saints added a run in the top of the eighth only to see the Wolves answer with a run on a
Danner Salisbury RBI double to make it 4-3.
The score remained that way until
Andre Jackson II with WOU down to its last out in the ninth hit an RBI double to tie the game 4-4. The score remained that way until the 11th when
Owen Bischoff led the inning off with a double, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt before scoring the game-winning run on a wild pitch.
Shane Bailey picked up the win in relief, tossing a perfect top half of the 11th with a strikeout.
Logan Larrance got the start for WOU and went six innings, giving up one run on two hits with five strikeouts.
Bryce Bond tossed two scoreless innings in relief as well for the Wolves - giving up one hit while adding two strikeouts.
Bischoff finished 3-for-6 in the game with a double and two runs. Cedillo finished 2-for-4 with the two-run homer and
John Oleson was 2-for-3.
In game two,
Jacob Memmott was stellar for WOU on the mound - tossing a four-hit shutout while striking seven and walking none to pick up the victory.
Memmott got all the run support he needed in the first with a
Collin Irwin RBI double. WOU added a single run in the second, third and fourth inning as well to secure the win.
Zane Garvey finished 2-for-3 with two runs, a double and a stolen base to lead WOU at the plate.
WOU hits the road next week to take on Northwest Nazarene starting 2 p.m. (PT) Friday.