BASEBALL: Balk helps CBC sweep Blue Mountain
While Trevor Dunlap and Jon Rapose combined on a four-hit shutout in the opener, a balk and a simple grounder to second made the difference in the second game of the Hawks’ 6-0, 11-9 sweep of the visiting Timberwolves in an NWAACC East doubleheader.
CBC jumped out to a seven-run lead in the first inning of the second game, thanks in part to an RBI double from Jeremy Holden and a two-run single by Larry Price Lomas.
But Blue Mountain chipped away, and pulled even in the top of the eighth on former Southridge catcher Gunner Morby’s two-run single.
CBC loaded the bases in the bottom of the frame on a pair of singles and an error, before a balk put the Hawks back up by run. Chris Brunetti then grounded out to second, scoring the insurance run from third.
In the opener, Dunlap gave up just three hits over six innings, striking out seven and walking two. Rapose came on in the seventh, allowing one hit and striking out two for the save.
Blue Mountain 000 000 000 — 0 4 1
Columbia Basin 100 022 01x — 6 9 0
Christiansen, Jackson (6) and Powell; Trevor Dunlap, Jon Rapose (7) and Jake Azevedo. Highlights–Joey Jansen (CBC) 3×4, 2B, 2R, RBI; Adam Young (CBC) 1×4, 2 RBI; Matt Minnich (CBC) 1×3, 2B; Chris Brunetti (CBC) 2×4, 2R, 2 RBI, SB.
Blue Mountain 002 300 040 — 9 10 4
Columbia Basin 700 020 02x — 11 11 3
Garvin, Anderson (1) and Wise; Nico Lytle, Minnich (5), Chris Cecil (8), Arty Reyes (8) and Azevedo. Highlights–Gunner Morby (BM) 3×5, 2B, 3 RBI; Young (CBC) 2×4, 2R; Minnich (CBC) 2×5, RBI; Azevedo (CBC) 2×4, 2R; Jeremy Holden (CBC) 2B, RBI.
Walla Walla 17-1, big Bend 3-11: Former Richland teammates Cody Poznanski drove in two runs and Jarrod Turner scored three times to lead the Warriors to a win in the opener of the NWAACC East doubleheader in Moses Lake.
Walla Walla 000 545 3 — 17 19 0
Big Bend 011 000 1 — 3 5 1
Knigge and Turner; Daniels, Barton (5), Shafer (5), Lopez (6), Castellano (6) and Noyola. Highlights–Cody Poznanski (WW) 2×6, 2B, 2 RBI; Neil Schuck (WW) 3×5, 2 RBI; Jarrod Turner (WW) 3×3, 3R; Shane Dixon (WW) 2×3, 4R; Michael Kilpatrick (WW) 2×3, 3R.
Walla Walla 010 000 0 — 1 7 2
Big Bend 210 052 1 — 11 14 0
D. Christina, Mecham (5) and Turner; Vandever and Schmedding. Highlights–Turner (WW) 2×3, 2B; Dixon (WW) 2×4; Ricco Moreno (BB) 4×4, 3R; Todd (BB) 4×5, 2R.
BASEBALL: Balk helps CBC sweep Blue Mountain
