(NAMPA, Idaho) No. 4 seed PLNU Baseball gave No. 1 seed Northwest Nazarene everything it could handle in the NCAA West Regional, losing narrowly to the Nighthawks by a 3-2 score that left the Sea Lions one game shy of a third Super Regional appearance in four years.
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Point Loma finishes the season with a 39-18 overall record following a fourth-straight regional appearance.
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After being held without a run for the first six innings, PLNU took the lead in the seventh, scoring both of its runs with two outs.
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Josiah Rodriguez singled for the second of his two hits on the day. Then with two outs,
Jake Schwartz was hit by a pitch and
Owen May walked to bring up
Bryson Hashimoto with the bases loaded.
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Rodriguez then scampered home on a wild pitch to tie the game before Hashimoto walked to reload the bases.
Aiden Arriaga then walked himself to score the go-ahead run.
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NNU managed to get out of the bases-loaded jam and retook the lead with a pair of runs in the bottom half to go back up by one.
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Colin Driscoll got the start on the mound and pitched admirably, allowing just a single run in his three innings of work.
Christian Williams then threw three scoreless frames to keep PLNU within one.
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Schwartz attempted to start a ninth-inning rally for the Sea Lions with a one-out base hit.
Owen May put a scare into the home crowd with a deep flyout to the warning track in right center that might have left the yard on a day that it wasn't sprinkling.
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Pinch runner
Jack Ryan stole second to get a runner in scoring position with two outs, only for the Nighthawks to hold on and deny the Sea Lions a third Super Regional appearance in four seasons.
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