Baseball

Folkinga	Brown

Player – Bo Folkinga, Western Oregon (1B, 6-4, 215, Sr., Twin Falls, ID – Olympic) had eight hits in 15 at bats, including a double, triple and two home runs, to lead the Wolves to a four-game sweep of Montana State Billings. He also had nine RBI increasing his season total to 66, leaving him three shy of the GNAC single-season record of 69 set by WOU's Chris Ridenour in 2002. Folkinga won the GNAC Triple Crown for conference games, batting .453, hitting 11 home runs and driving in 46 runs. His 11 homers tied the conference single-season record set two years ago by WOU's Daniel Dillard and his 46 RBI broke the record of 39 by WOU's Greg McCarthy in 2005. Pitcher – Ryan Brown, Northwest Nazarene (5-8, 150, Sr., Eagle, ID), making his first career start after 32 relief appearances, tossed a three-hit complete-game in defeating Central Washington 5-1. Brown walked two and fanned seven in evening his career record at 2-2, including 1-1 this season. The only run he gave up came in the second inning on a solo home run by Brady Kincannon.

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