Baseball: Lions sweep past Northwest Nazarene

COSTA MESA - The Vanguard University baseball team defeated

Idaho’s Northwest Nazarene University, 5-4, and, 9-3, Thursday in a

nonleague doubleheader Thursday.

In the opener, Anthony Walker went 2 for 2 with a home run and three

RBIs. Samuel Baeder and Jeremy Isherwood each had RBI hits, while Marcus

Harris threw five strong innings to pick up the win for Vanguard (6-3).

In the nightcap, Andy Riddell went 3 for 4 with a double, home run and

four RBIs, while Walker and Matt Tisthammer combined for four hits and

five runs scored.

NONCONFERENCE

Vanguard 5, Northwest Nazarene 4

NW Nazarene 020 200 0 - 4 9 2

Vanguard 203 000 x - 5 7 1

Worron and Fisher; Harris, Shaffer (6), Broderson (7) and Garner. W -

Harris (1-0). L - Worron, 0-1. S - Broderson (2). 2B - Burciaga (NWN). HR

- Walker (VU).

Game two

Vanguard 9, Northwest Nazarene 3

NW Nazarene 010 110 0 - 3 7 0

Vanguard 311 022 x - 9 11 2

Porter, Gerrish (5) and Fisher. Wood, Franco (5), Williams (7) and

Garner. W - Wood, 1-1. L - Porter, 1-1. 2B - Lowe (NWN), Smith (NWN),

Fisher (NWN), Tisthammer (VU), Tisthammer (VU), Chop (VU), Riddell (VU).

HR - Riddell (VU).