The misery and hard luck continued for the Washington High School baseball team Monday night.

The Warriors hosted Cedar Falls in a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader and dropped a pair of tight games, 8-6 and 8-7.

Washington (8-16, 3-14) built a 6-2 lead in the opener, only to have Cedar Falls pick up six runs on five hits in the top of the seventh to steal the victory.

Dan White and Cole Rhatigan collected two hits for the Warriors and Grant Dostal had a two-run double in the fourth. Jacob Gallu and Jeffrey Daniels had two hits and an RBI for Cedar Falls (12-13, 11-7).

Mike Troendle went the first five innings for Washington, giving up two runs on five hits. Noah Burdt took the loss in relief.

Sam Davis got the win for Cedar Falls, going six innings. He gave up six runs on seven hits. Gallu got the save.

“That first-game loss was disappointing and we just weren’t quite ready to play the second game until about the fourth inning,” said Washington Coach Brent Henry. “Five unearned runs proved to be too much to overcome in that second game.”

Jordy Brown went 4-for-4 for Washington in the nightcap. He scored three runs, drove in three runs and hit an inside-the-park home run in the fourth inning.

“I had never hit an inside-the-park home run before, but when I saw the left fielder dive for the ball and then saw the ball roll all the way to the fence, I just kept running,” said Brown.

White went the distance for Washington in game two, allowing three earned runs on six hits while striking out 11. Jacob Seehase got the win for Cedar Falls and Gallu got his second save of the night.

Washington goes to Dubuque Wahlert on Wednesday.

Game 1

CEDAR FALLS (8)
Gallu, cf/p, 4 1 2 1, Hagarty, ss, 2 1 0 1, Schwickerath, dh, 3 0 1 1, Davis, p, 0 0 0 0, Benton, pr, 0 1 0 0, Klinehart, 1b, 4 1 1 0, Doyle, lf, 3 0 0 0, Daniels, 2b, 4 0 2 1, Zwanziger, rf, 4 1 1 1, Creger, 3b, 2 2 1 0, Sole, c, 3 0 1 2, Kuntz, pr/cf, 0 1 0 0. Totals 29 8 9 6.

WASHINGTON (6)
Brown, cf/lf, 4 1 1 0, N. Dostal, 3b/2b, 4 1 0 0, Kacena, c, 4 0 1 0, Hogg, pr/p, 0 1 0 0, Puk, 1b, 1 1 0 1, White, ss, 4 1 2 0, Rhatigan, rf/3b, 4 1 2 1, Zingula, 2b/p, 2 0 1 0, G. Dostal, lf/rf, 3 0 1 2, Burdt, p, 0 0 0 0, Troendle, p/cf, 3 0 0 0. Totals 28 6 9 5.

Cedar Falls      001 010 6 - 8 9 3
Washington   000 240 0 - 6 7 3

Davis, Gallu (7) and Sole. Troendle, Hogg (6), Burdt (7), Zingula (7) and Kacena. W - Davis. L - Burdt. S - Gallu. 2B - Gallu, Schwickerath, G. Dostal. SB - Hagarty, Schwickerath, Kacina, White, Troendle.

Game 2

CEDAR FALLS (8)
Gallu, cf/p, 3 2 1 0, Hagarty, ss, 1 4 1 1, Schwickerath, dh, 3 1 1 0, Seehase, p, 0 0 0 0, Kuntz, pr/lf/p, 0 0 0 0, Klinehart, 1b, 2 0 2 2, Doyle, lf, 4 0 1 1, Daniels, 2b, 4 0 0 0, Zwanziger, rf, 4 0 0 0, Creger, 3b, 4 0 0 0, Sole, c, 3 0 1 0. Totals 28 8 7 4.

WASHINGTON (7)
Brown, lf, 4 3 4 3, N. Dostal, ss, 2 1 2 0, White, p, 5 0 1 0, Puk, 1b, 2 0 0 2, Kacena, c, 4 0 0 0, Rhatigan, 3b, 3 0 2 2, Zingula, 2b, 3 1 1 0, Hogg, rf, 3 0 0 0, Troendle, cf, 4 2 1 0.  Totals 31 7 11 7.

Cedar Falls        230 201 0 - 8 7 1
Washington      100 203 0 – 7 11 5

Seehase, Doyle (5), Kuntz (6), Gallu (7) and Sole. White and Kacena. W - Seehase. L - White. S - Gallu. HR - Brown. SB - Gallu, Hagarty, Schwickerath, Brown.