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SALEM, Ore. – Seniors Jamie McCaffrey and Jacob Kopra pitched back-to-back shutouts in helping lead Corban's baseball team to a pair of victories Saturday, as the host Warriors swept the visiting Redhawks of Simpson, 2-0 & 2-0, at Warrior Field.

Corban (27-20, 12-14 NAIA West) was led offensively by the senior duo of Derek Legg and Jeremiah Forrister with three hits each in the double header, while junior Peter Martin and freshman Landon Frost added a pair of hits on the afternoon. Forrister would drive in the Warriors' lone run of the day, while four different Corban players – Legg, Martin, sophomore Jake Kunkel, and freshman Lathan Alger – scored the runs for the home team.

McCaffrey would allow just four hits in a complete game performance in the opener to go along with a game-high two strikeouts, while Kopra would give up eight hits to go along with a game-high six K's. The senior duo would pick up win numbers six and five, respectively, on the season.

For Simpson (3-36, 1-21 NAIA West), Harold Adams tallied a team-high three hits in the two games to go along with a two-hit performance by Richard Asdourian. Nick Mikkelson would go the distance in the opener allowing two earned runs on seven hits, while Tyler Provost pitched a complete game in the finale allowing two unearned runs on seven hits.

GAME #1 — CORBAN 2, SIMPSON 0

In Saturday's opener, Corban would score singles run in the third and fourth innings when Alger scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the third inning before Martin came home one inning later on a single down the right field line by Forrister to give the home team a 2-0 lead.

McCaffrey was not challenged much during the game, as he needed only 86 pitches over the nine innings with 70 finding the strike zone en route to improving his win-loss record to 6-5 this year.

Seven different Warriors tallied hits in the opener, including junior Gregg Romero, Legg, Martin, senior Kyle Kunkel, Forrister, Alger, and freshman Landon Frost.

Simpson would get hits from Provost, Asdourian, Adams, and Cameron Cole.

GAME #2 – CORBAN 2, SIMPSON 0

The second game would see Corban put two runs on the board in the bottom of the first inning to take a two-run lead (2-0) when the younger Kunkel and Legg scored on a throwing error by Simpson, which was the Redhawks' second miscue of the inning and should have kept the host Warriors off the scoreboard.

Over the next eight innings, Simpson's only scoring opportunity came in the top of the fifth inning when Kris Warner drew a one-out walk and advanced to second on Adams' double down the right field line. Immediately following Adams' two-base hit, Warner was thrown out at home on a fielder's choice to keep the shut out alive.

The visiting Redhawks would not threaten to score again, as Kopra and the Warriors' defense secured the first back-to-back shutouts on one day since February 19, 2005 when then-Western Baptist blanked Simpson, 24-0 & 15-0, in Central Point.

Legg and Forrister led Corban's bat-attack with a pair of two-hit performances, while junior William Koenig, Martin, and Frost tallied the Warriors' other hits.

Simpson would get two-hit showings from Adams and Elden Whisman, while Robert Nadalsky, Asdourian, Joshua Holley, and Warner were the only other Redhawks to register a hit in the game.

These same two teams will return to the diamond tomorrow – Sunday, April 21st – to wrap up this weekend's four-game series in an afternoon double header beginning at noon on Warrior Field in Salem.