The Central College baseball team struggled to find an answer for the Wartburg College offense as the Dutch fell 10-7 and 8-0 in an Iowa Conference doubleheader Saturday in Waverly.  
Central was off to a promising start in the first game when a sacrifice fly from right fielder Jarred Lackey drove in shortstop Mike Furlong in the first inning. But the Knights responded with two runs of their own; then closed the door with a four-run fifth inning to go up 9-5 and hold off a late charge by the Dutch.  Junior Brett Bell took his first loss of the season, giving up five hits and four runs throughout the fourth and fifth innings. Bell had one strikeout and one walk.  
Central looked to bounce back in the nightcap. After a scoreless three innings of play, Central loaded the bases with just one out. But a strikeout and a ground out kept the Dutch at bay. Wartburg crushed Central’s hopes of a win in the sixth inning when the Knight offense blasted six hits and capitalized on two Dutch errors to score eight runs.  Sophomore Ryan Goetzinger was charged with the loss, throwing 5.1 innings. Goetzinger gave up seven hits, five runs, struck out one and walked three.  
Central is now 12-6 overall and 3-3 in conference play, and travels to Indianola Tuesday for a doubleheader against Simpson College. Simpson enters the matchup off a three-game series sweep over Loras College.