LEWISTON, Idaho – On just three days rest, No. 9 Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (41-19-1) starting pitcher Chad Blauer tossed his second straight complete game win, this one coming in the 8-5 victory over No. 6 Oklahoma City (50-16) in Game 13 of the 54th annual Avista-NAIA World Series at LCSC's Harris Field on Tuesday afternoon. Point Loma Nazarene plays at either 3 p.m. or 7 p.m. PDT tomorrow. A definite pairing will be known after today’s final game, which is scheduled at 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City ends its season with a 50-16 record and playing in its 12th World Series.

Blauer is fresh off of a complete game win over Belhaven (Miss.) in the first game of the World Series on May 28. In that effort, he allowed just one run on six hits and struck out 11 in 129 pitches. Today, he allowed five runs, three earned, on nine hits. He fanned 11 and walked two batters. He improved to 13-2 on the year in a 166-pitch effort.

“I was fine (on the three day’s rest) and I knew that I could go at least 5-6 innings,” said Blauer. “I knew that if I hit my spots, I would be okay. I think that our bats showed up and carried us.”

In a game filled with a lot of pitching changes and scoring, Point Loma Nazarene wasted no time taking a 1-0 lead. Allen Boyer scored on a fielder’s choice by Rashad Taylor after he led-off the game with a single. Oklahoma City grabbed a quick lead on a throwing error by the Point Loma Nazarene third baseman Wes Kartch. Terrance Jackson and Brian Fisher scored on the throwing error in the bottom of the first.

Down 2-1 after the first inning, Point Loma took the lead for good with four runs in the third. Kartch atoned for his two-run error as he drove in two runners with a double to deep left-centerfield. One batter later, Steven Winnick drove in the inning’s fourth run and the Sea Lions led 5-2. Winnick forced out starting pitcher Mike Richard.

The Oklahoma City bats made some noise with a single-run in the fourth inning and two in the sixth. After Blauer retired seven straight batters heading into the fourth, Matt Presley sent a 1-1 offering over the right-field wall for his 25th home run of the season. The Stars first two batters in the sixth inning reached on walks. Both of those runners, Presley and Garrett Regan, eventually scored. Presley came home on an RBI-single by Chad Carman and Regan crossed the plate on a grounder.

The Sea Lions stayed in the lead courtesy of some shaky pitching in the fifth inning. Alec Martinez earned a bases-loaded walk, which plated Kartch with two outs. Two more insurance runs were added in the top of the seventh inning courtesy of two walks, one hit and one bizarre play. With Winnick standing on third base, Drew Bernhard hit a roller to the pitcher. The pitcher fielded the ball and tried to run back Winnick, who was caught in a rundown, to third base. However, the third baseman was called for interference and Winnick scored.

Cameron then had an RBI fielders-choice to close out the scoring in the seventh inning and gave Point Loma an 8-5 lead.

On the day, six Oklahoma City pitchers labored in the loss. They combined for nine walks. Richard was hit with setback as he fell to 10-4 on the year. He gave up five runs on six hits in just 2 2/3 innings. He struck out two and walked two.

Point Loma Nazarene’s Tyler Kuehl, who went 2-for-4 this afternoon, now has 10 hits in the World Series. That total leads all players in the 10-team field. Boyer led the club with a 3-for-4 and two runs scored.

For Oklahoma City, Jackson, Fisher, Carman and McAdoo each had two hits apiece.

GAME NOTES: Each team scored solo runs in the first inning, marking the second time (through 13 games) in this World Series that each team has scored… Point Loma Nazarene is now 13-9 overall in the World Series in five trips… Oklahoma City falls to 31-23 all-time in the World Series… Pitcher Chad Blauer threw 150 pitches in the 9-3 win British Columbia on May 20 – in his last three starts, he has tossed at least 125 pitches… Blauer threw the World Series’ fifth complete game this year (he owns two of those complete games)… With 13 runs scored today, there was just one home run hit (Matt Presley, Oklahoma City)… A team that was ranked first in the NAIA this year in home runs hit per game (2.1 pg), Oklahoma City hit just three in three games in this World Series.

World Series Individual Leaders: (Through 12 games)

Batting Average
Jason Hague, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) – .750 (3-for-4; 2 games)

Hits
Tyler Kuehl, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) – 8
Brian Sharp, California Baptist – 7

Doubles
Tanner Moore, Lee (Tenn.) – 3
Michael Brown, Lee (Tenn.) – 3
Tyler Kuehl, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) – 3

Triples
4 players tied with 1

Home Runs
Kris Miller, Cumberland (Tenn.) – 1

RBI
Brian Sharp, California Baptist – 7
Rashad Taylor, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) – 5

Runs Scored
Rashad Taylor, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) – 5
Tyler Kuehl, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) – 4
Garrett Rau, California Baptist – 4

Steals
Max Loveland, Tennessee Wesleyan – 2
Aaron Glaum, Embry-Riddle (Fla.) – 2

Innings Pitched
Austin Quinn, Embry-Riddle (Fla.) – 11.0
5 players tied with 9.0 innings

Batters Struck Out
Aaron Wilkerson, Cumberland (Tenn.) – 13 (in 9.0 innings)
Shawn Schaefer, Cumberland (Tenn.) – 11 (in 9.0 innings)
Scott Swinson, Lee (Tenn.) – 11 (in 9.0 innings)
Chad Blauer, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) – 1 (in 9.0 innings)