WAIPAHU, Hawaii - The Northwest Nazarene University baseball team tasted defeat for the first time on Wednesday afternoon, falling 8-6 to Hawaii Pacific University at Hans L'Orange Field in Waipahu. The defeat ended a seven-game winning streak, the longest on record to begin a season for the Crusaders.
The Crusaders (7-1) rallied to score four runs in the final two innings, but it wasn't enough to overcome a combined 12 walks issued by Crusader pitching and four fielding errors.
Ryan VanBeek led the NNU offense, going 3 for 4 with three RBI's. VanBeek finished with two RBI singles and a two-run double in the ninth.
Sean McDonald,
Zach Hibbard and
Ty Windall each had two hits as the Crusaders out-hit the Sea Warriors 13 to nine.
HPU (2-4) was led by Blake Amaral, Wade Tamaru and Jordan Oshiro who each had two hits.
Sophomore
Zeb Sneed (1-1) took the loss for NNU, while Toby Inouye improved to 2-0 for HPU.
The teams will meet on Thursday for a doubleheader that begins at 4:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. MT)
Hawaii Pacific Base 8, Northwest Nazarene 6 (Feb 23, 2011 at Waipahu, HI)
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Northwest Nazzarene. 100 001 013 - 6 13 4 (7-1)
Hawaii Pacifc Base.. 031 111 10X - 8 9 1 (2-4)
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Pitchers: Northwest Nazzarene - Sneed; Hruza(2); Casper(3); Patterson(4); Morse(6); Parton(6);
Hiler(8). Hawaii Pacifc Base - Inouye, T; Ibanez, P(8); Hoppie, N(8).
Win-Inouye, T(2-0) Save-Hoppie, N(1) Loss-Sneed(1-1) T-3:55 A-150
Casper faced 3 batters in the 4th.
Inouye, T faced 1 batter in the 8th.
Game: BA22311
