MONMOUTH, Ore.- Wrapping up the weekend, the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers dropped both games to the Western Oregon Wolves. Game one was close until the Wolves' bats got hot to take the game 12-4. WOU continued their momentum into game two and took that game in seven innings with a 9-0 win. The Mounties will return on March 3rd and host Lewis-Clark State in La Grande for their first home games of the season.

GAME 1
EOU tallied nine hits but it wasn't enough to outscore WOU in game one of the final day of the series. Elliott Marks gave the Mounties momentum by going 2-5 at the plate with two RBIs, but the Wolves battled, scoring most of their runs in the later innings. The Mounties scored two in the seventh, but it wasn't enough to throw the game into extra innings for a comeback. Western's Dylan Chalmers tossed six strikeouts while keeping the Mounties in check.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• 9 - EOU had nine hits in game one
• 5 - Five different Mountie pitchers saw the mound in game one
• 3 - Three Mounties had RBIs

STANDOUT PERFORMANCES

• EOU
  • Elliott Marks: 2-5, 2 RBI, 1 R
  • Rogelio Gonzales: 3-4, 1 R
  • Youhyeon Choi; 2-4, 1 R
• WOU
  • AJ Cortsese: 3-4, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 R
  • Derek Maiben: 3-5, 1 RBI, 3 R, 2 SB
  • Curran Mitzel: 1-3, 3 R, 1 SB

 
GAME 2 
Game two of the series had a similar story. The Wolves went up first 1-0 and then scored most of their runs in the last four innings, taking game two 9-0. The Mounties tried to get an offense going but, in the end, only totaled five hits for the day. Four different Mountie pitchers saw the mound in the seven-inning game and combined for a total of three strikeouts. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• 7 - Seven scoreless innings for the Mounties
• 1 - EOU only had one error in game two

STANDOUT PERFORMANCES

• EOU
  • Noah Zohn: 1-2
  • Adrian Roa: 1-2
• WOU
  • Levi Cummings: 3-4, 1 RBI, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 SB
  • Curran Mitzel: 2-3, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 3B
  • AJ Cortese: 1-3, 1 RBI, 3 R, 1 3B