Home runs propel to Central baseball to series win

PELLA — Three home runs, including two in the seventh inning, pushed the Central College baseball team to a 6-5 victory over Luther College Tuesday, securing the series win. The Dutch (13-20, 7-11 American Rivers Conference) fell 14-4 to the Norse in the nightcap. Central won the first game of the series last Tuesday 8-3 in Decorah. A two-run blast from first baseman Declan O’Hare (fifth year, Los Angeles, Calif., John Marshall HS) in the second inning got the Dutch offense started and tied the game at 2-2. After four scoreless frames, Colton DeRocher’s (senior, Sioux City, East HS) solo…