Sean McDonald had four hits and three RBI's today vs. Art-U
Boxscore
OAKLAND, Calif. - Sean McDonald had four hits and was one of three players with three RBI as Northwest Nazarene completed a sweep of a three-game series with a 17-1 win against Academy of Art at Laney College Field in Oakland.
The Crusaders broke the game open in the fourth scoring eight runs and relied on six pitchers to three-hit AAU. Aaron Vaughn pitched the first three innings retiring all nine hitters he faced, four on strikeouts.
Zach Steele, McDonald and Fernando Robles all homered as NNU improved to 10-3 on the season.
Steele had a three-run shot in the fourth, McDonald went deep with a man on board in the fifth and Robles had a solo home run in the sixth.
In addition to McDonald and Steele, Derek Bettinson also drove in three runs. Kaleb DeHaas had three of NNU's 21 hits, while Jon Matos, Bettinson, Steele, Robles and Sam Cook had two each.
The Crusaders will return home and host The College of Idaho on Tuesday. The single, nine-inning game begins at 3:00 p.m.
Northwest Nazarene 17, Academy of Art Univ 1 (Feb 25, 2012 at Oakland, CA)
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Northwest Nazarene.. 010 823 102 - 17 21 0 (10-3)
Academy of Art Univ. 000 100 000 - 1 3 3 (0-11)
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Pitchers: Northwest Nazarene - Vaughn,Aaron; Kuhn,Ryan(4); Sneed,Zeb(5); Parton,Evan(6);
Brown,Ryan(7); Robles,Fernando(8) and Mitchell,Jamie; Glasgow,Tate. Academy of Art Univ -
Broadstreet; Uemura, Y.(5); Fletcher, K.(5); Leite, N.(8); Hutchings, B(9) and Holmes, C..
Win-Sneed,Zeb(2-1) Loss-Broadstreet(0-3) T-2:44 A-60
HR NNU - McDonald,Sean; Steele,Zach; Robles,Fernando.
Weather: Clear, Sunny
Game: NNUBB13
