NNU vs. St.Martin's Boxscore
NNU vs. Dickinson State Boxscore

LEWISTON, Idaho - Late-game extra-inning heroics against the Crusaders has been the theme in Lewiston as the Northwest Nazarene University baseball team fell to Saint Martin's University 9-6 and Dickinson State University 6-5 on Friday afternoon in day two action at the Guardian Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning Tournament at LCSC's Harris Field.

 

St. Martin's (2-4) scored three runs in the top of the 10th inning to win on Friday morning, while Dickinson State (1-0) plated the winning run in the 11th inning to take the afternoon contest.

 

Against SMU, the Crusaders (6-4) were led by Cory Warburton's four for five, two RBI effort at the plate, with Boone Farrington and Tyler Nicholson each going two for four.  Ryan Udy added his first home run of the year. 

 

Ryan VanBeek led the offensive charge in game two against Dickinson State, going three for four with two RBI, while Connor Rankin was two for four with a double.

 

Shelby Lindley (0-1) took the loss in game one and Andy Pottenger (0-2) took the hard-luck loss against Dickinson State.  Pottenger went six innings in relief of Crusader starter Charles Pollock, allowing just two hits and striking out eight.  Both Dickinson State runs scored against Pottenger were unearned.

 

NNU will play their fourth and final game of the tournament on Saturday, a 2:30 p.m. start against Saint Martin's.