The Washington Warriors made things too easy for the Xavier Saints in the semifinals of the Bob Vrbicek Metro Baseball Tournament Wednesday night.

The Saints parlayed six walks, five hits and four hit batters into an 8-3 victory over the Warriors on a cold, raw evening at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Dane Mehring pitched five shutout innings for Xavier (2-0) before being touched for three runs in the sixth inning.

Mac Mattke went 2-for-4 for the Saints with two doubles and drove in three runs. Corbin Woods went 2-for-4 for Xavier and knocked in a run.

A.J. Puk and Grant Dostal had two hits for Washington (1-1).

Puk gave up six runs in 3 1/3 innings as Washington's starting pitcher. He walked four batters, hit three batters and gave up two hits.

Xavier advanced to the Metro finals against Kennedy Wednesday night.

The Automated ScoreBook
Washington Warriors vs Xavier Saints
May 25, 2011 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Veterans Memorial)

Washington Warriors 3 (1-1)                   Xavier Saints 8 (2-0)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
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Noah Dostal 3b/p...........  4  0  0  0       Blake Helms ss.............  3  1  0  1
Mike Troendle cf...........  4  0  1  0       Dane Mehring p.............  3  0  1  0
Dan White ss...............  4  0  1  0        Andrew Sodawasser pr......  0  2  0  0
AJ Puk p/1b................  4  1  2  0        Tyler Hines p.............  0  0  0  0
Cole Rhatigan dh/3b........  3  1  1  0       Mack Mattke 1b.............  4  1  2  3
Sam Kacena c...............  3  0  1  2       Kevin Hosch cf.............  2  0  0  0
Jacob Hand pr.............  0  1  0  0       Corbin Woods 3b............  4  1  2  1
Grant Dostal 1b/rf.........  3  0  2  0       Eric Zenisek rf............  3  1  0  0
Zach Zingula 2b............  3  0  1  1       Ean McNeal lf..............  3  0  0  0
Robert Hogg lf.............  3  0  0  0       Colin Brown 2b.............  1  1  0  1
Mitch Blades rf............  0  0  0  0       Colby Brecht c.............  1  0  0  0
Josh Tipton pr............  0  1  0  0
Totals..................... 31  3  9  3       Totals..................... 24  8  5  6

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Washington Warriors. 000 003 0 -  3  9  2
Xavier Saints....... 101 411 X -  8  5  1
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E - Rhatigan; Kacena; Mattke. LOB - Warriors 7; Saints 8. 2B - Puk; Kacena; G.
Dostal; Zingula; Mattke 2; Woods. HBP - Brown; Brecht. SB - Woods.

Washington Warriors            IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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AJ Puk  L,0-1..............   3.1  2  6  5  6  5   1  0  1  0   12 19   1  4
Noah Dostal ...............   2.2  3  2  0  2  4   0  0  1  0   12 15   2  2

Xavier Saints                  IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Dane Mehring  W,1-0........   6.0  8  3  3  0  3   0  0  0  0   27 27   7  8
Tyler Hines ...............   1.0  1  0  0  0  2   0  0  0  0    4  4   1  0

WP - Puk. HBP - by Puk (Brown); by N. Dostal (Brecht). PB - Kacena 2.

Strikeouts - N. Dostal 2; Puk; G. Dostal; Hogg; Helms 2; Mehring; Hosch; Woods 2;
Zenisek 2; McNeal. Walks - Helms; Mehring; Hosch 2; Zenisek; McNeal; Brown; Brecht.

Umpires -
Start: 5 p.m.   Time: 1:47   Attendance: 95