Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2008

Baseball roundup: Richland clinches second straight league title

By the Herald staff

YAKIMA -- Jeremy Barwick homered in both ends of a CBL 4A doubleheader as Richland clinched its second straight league title by sweeping Eisenhower.

Brett Jacobs hit a grand slam in the opener, 15-3, and Kevin Lathim also homered for the Bombers, who won the nightcap 10-8.

Richland 240 009 -- 15 9 0

Eisenhower 000 030 -- 3 5 3

Calvin Chunn, Kyle Stumetz (6) and Josh Rapacz; Tyler Schultz, Tyler Berman (4) and Seth Kline. Highlights--Marcelino Morales (R) 2x5, 2 RBI; Brett Jacobs (R) 2x4, 2B, grand slam, 2R, 5 RBI; Jeremy Barwick (R) 2x3, 2B, HR, 2 RBI; Houston Castillo (R) 2R HR.

Richland 014 032 0 -- 10 13 1

Eisenhower 101 500 1 -- 8 11 1

Cody Shepherd, Stumetz (6) and Rapacz; Steve Boynton, Jose Mesa (7) and Kline. Highlights--Kevin Lathim (R) 2x3, 2B, HR, 3R, 3 RBI; Jacobs (R) 2x4, 3B, 2 RBI, 2R; Shepherd (R) 2x3, 2 RBI; Ryan McKinney (R) 2x3; Barwick (R) 2x3, 2B, HR. Richland 17-1 overall.

Wa-Hi 8-4, Pasco 4-5

Zach Banks clubbed Game 2's winning hit in the bottom of the eighth -- with two outs on the line -- as host Pasco avenged an opening loss to Walla Walla and split a CBL 4A doubleheader.

Walla Walla 600 011 0 -- 8 14 0

Pasco 000 010 3 -- 4 4 3

Nick Jordan and Landon Arnett; Anthony Garza, Nate Burgess (1) Derek Briggs (6) and Zach Banks. Highlights--Justin Porter (WW) 3x4, 2B; Taylor Farmer (WW) 2x3; Daniel Weiss (P) 1x3, HR.

Walla Walla 000 000 40 -- 4 3 2

Pasco 200 020 01 -- 5 8 0

Matt Shack, Mike Murphey (7) and Arnett; Josh Boles, Nick Hernandez (7) and Banks. Highlights--Boles (P) 3x4, 3R, 2RBI, 2HR, 2B.

Moses Lake 4-3, Davis 3-4

Davis 002 001 0 -- 3 12 0

Moses Lake 021 010 0 -- 4 10 1

Michael Calderone and Mat Roddy; Drew Martin, Blaine Meyers (6) and Jacob Lacelle. Highlights--Evan Morris (D) 3x4, RBI; Nat Aguilar (D) 2x4, RBI; Lacelle (ML) 3x3, 2B; Meyers (ML) 2x2, 2B, RBI; Kyle Hickman (ML) 2x3, 2RBI

Davis 101 000 11 -- 4 7 0

Moses Lake 000 110 10 -- 3 5 0

Morris and Roddy; Troy Stephens, Brock Lybbert (8) and Lacelle. Highlights--Meyers (ML) 3x4, RBI; Stephens (ML) 1x3, RBI.

Southridge 15-1, Sunnyside 4-0

Brandon Call came within one strike of a no-hitter and Thomas Henderson doubled home Brennan Borlaug with the game's only run as Southridge completed a CBL 3A home sweep to clinch its first league title since 2003.

Brenden Swafford broke up Call's no-hit bid with a two-out single.

Henderson also had three RBIs in the opener.

Sunnyside 200 20 -- 4 2 1

Southridge 21(10) 2x -- 15 13 1

Frank Salcedo, Tristan Abbott (3) and Diego Bergueno; Tyler Roberts and Devin Jones. Highlights--Tim Taylor (Su) 2B; Brennan Borlaug (SR) 2x3, 3B; Thomas Henderson (SR) 2x3, 2B, 3B, 3R, 3 RBI; Andrew Mendenhall (SR) 2x3, 3B, 2B, 2R, 2 RBI; Jay Fox (SR) 2x4; Clayton Homme (SR) 2x3, 3B, 2 RBI; Jones (SR) 2x2; Raef Pedersen (SR) 2 RBI.

Sunnyside 000 000 0 -- 0 1 0

Southridge 000 010 x -- 1 4 1

Gibby Briones and Bergueno; Brandon Call and Kyle Sani. Highlights--Briones (Su) 6K, 2BB; Call (SR) 11K, 4BB; Borlaug (SR) 2B; Henderson (SR) 2B, RBI. Southridge 13-5 overall.

Kennewick 3-8, Kamiakin 2-7

Luke Loftus' RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning lifted Kennewick over Kamiakin in the second game of a CBL 3A doubleheader to complete a sweep at LaPierre Field.

In the opener, Dane Westermeyer earned the save after Tony Bryant got into trouble in the top of the seventh after tossing six shutout innings.

Kamiakin 000 000 2 -- 2 6 2

Kennewick 100 200 x -- 3 9 1

Zac Edens and Maxx Garrett; Tony Bryant, Dane Westermeyer (7) and Joe Driver. Highlights--Garrett (Kam) solo HR; Luke Loeber (Kam) 3x3; Mitch Larson (Kam) 2B, RBI; Landon Scott (Ke) 2B, RBI; Trux French (Ken) 2B; K.C. Hooper (K) 2x3, 2B, RBI, Austin Pentecost (Ken) 2x3, RBI.

Kamiakin 003 202 0 -- 7 6 0

Kennewick 204 011 x -- 8 12 5

Jason Jones, Cody Young (5) and Garrett; Pentecost, Ean Arnold (5), Westermeyer (7) and Dustin Long. Highlights--Shawn O'Brien (Kam) 2x4, 2 RBI; Loeber (Kam) 2B; Luke Loftus (Ken) 3x4, RBI; Scott (Ken) 2B, RBI; French (Ken) 2x2, 2B, 2 RBI; Driver (Ken) 3x3, 2B, 2 RBI; Pentecost (Ken) 2x3, 2-run HR.

Hanford 12-10, West Valley 6-8

YAKIMA -- Zane McEachern had three RBIs in Game 1 and went 4-for-7 for the day as Hanford swept West Valley in a CBL 3A twinbill for the Falcons' fourth win in six games after starting league play 0-5.

Hanford 105 600 0 -- 12 11 2

West Valley 015 000 0 -- 6 9 0

Jeremy Burk, Drew Foraker (4) and James Rogers; Adam Frazel, Ethan Hood (4), Evan Bohannon (7) and Nick Clark. Highlights--Zach Browne (H) 2x4, 3B, 3R; Zane McEachern (H) 2x4, 3RBI; Tyler Stark (H) 2x3; Travis Chalk (H) 1x3, HR, 2R, 2RBI; Nick Betzold (H) 1x3, HR, 3RBI.

Hanford 001 130 5 -- 10 10 3

West Valley 000 332 0 -- 8 6 2

Chalk, Rogers (5), Betzold (6) and Brad Elzie; Kyle Jones, Josh Eaton (5), Cory Urquhart (6), Bohannon (7) and Brad Andreas. Highlights--McEachern (H) 2x3, 2R; Burk (H) 2x4; Kevin Allan (H) 2x2, 3R HR.

Prosser 11, Grandview 1

Grandview 001 00 -- 1 1 3

Prosser 520 22 -- 11 8 1

K.C. Flores, Trent Mottice (3), Josue Oros (5) and Ryan Moore; Cory Christian and T.J. Finn. Highlights--Ryne Foster (P) 3x4 3 RBIs; Nick Hanlon (P) 3 RBI; Jesse McGrew (P) 3 R, 4 SBs; Christian (P) 5K.

Selah 7, Othello 1

Othello 000 001 0 -- 1 2 5

Selah 001 600 x -- 7 9 0

Marc Garza, Michael Garza (3) and Shon Valdez; Justin Windsor and Dallman. Highlights--Chris Brunetti (Oth) HR. Othello 13-7 overall.

Ki-Be 8-9, River View 6-5

BENTON CITY -- Brandon Lilly hit a walkoff three-run homer in the opener and had three hits in the nightcap as Kiona-Benton swept River View to earn a share of the SCAC East title and drop the Panthers all the way to fourth place.

River View now must survive a district crossover game with the West's No. 5 seed on Saturday to earn a spot in the main draw.

Ki-Be is the East No. 2 seed.

River View 000 100 5 -- 6 12 0

Kiona-Benton 300 110 3 -- 8 9 0

Dennin Harding and Cody Wilson; Corey Brundridge and Mike Salyers, Jesse Henderson (4). Highlights--Cody Greenwalt (RV) 2x4, Kyle Gier (RV) 4x4, Harding (RV) 2X4 2B, Gage Nicholson (RV) 3X4 2B 3 RBIs; Brundridge (KB) 3X3 2B, Lilly (KB) 2x4 4 RBIs HR, Arturo Lucatero (KB) 2B.

River View 100 310 0 -- 5 9 3

Kiona-Benton 305 010 x -- 9 10 3

Brendon Hoch, Cody Greenwalt (3), Gier (6) and Wilson; Hayden Walsh and Henderson. Highlights--Wilson (RV) 3x4 2 2Bs, Harding (RV) 2x3, Greenwalt (RV) 2B; Lilly (KB) 3x4 2 2Bs, Matt Mason (KB) 2B 2 RBIs, Tony Lopez (KB) 2x3 2B.

Connell 8-6, Royal 1-0

ROYAL CITY -- Nate Eppich homered in the opener and tossed a six-hitter in the nightcap as Connell swept Royal to earn a share of its first SCAC East title since 1997 and the No. 1 district seed.

Idle Warden also tied for the league title but ended up the No. 3 seed.

Connell 030 131 0 -- 8 11 1

Royal 100 000 0 -- 1 1 1

Morgan Heiman and Wes Jenks; Marc Albertson and Conner Paysse. Highlights--Nate Eppich (C) 3x4, 2 2B, HR; Ridge Taylor (C) 2x3; Heiman (C) 2x3, 12K.

Connell 112 001 1 -- 6 11 1

Royal 000 000 0 -- 0 6 0

Eppich and Jenks; Tito Garza and Paysse. Highlights--Jenks (C) 3x4, 2B; Eppich (C) 2x2, 2B; Heiman (C) 3B; Ethan Dillon (C) 2x3; Zach Lewis (R) 3x3; Paysse (R) 2x3.

Burbank 37-23, Wahluke 0-0

Wahluke 000 00 -- 0 1 10

Columbia (Burbank) (20)64 7x -- 37 26 0

Jose Mata and Emilio Sandoval; Zach Werlinger, Scott Linja (4) and Brandon Wilbert, Dillon Byrd (4). Highlights--Neal Schuck (B) 3x4, HR, 3B, 4RBI; Anthony Cantu (B) 3x4, 3RBI; Linja (B) 3x6, 5RBI, 2 2B; Gunnar Glazier (B) 3x3.

Wahluke 000 00 -- 0 0 4

Columbia (Burbank) 692 6x -- 23 24 0

Jose Jimenez, Johnny Tovar (3) and Sandoval; Byrd, Ethan Ireland (3) and Dyllan Smith, Kevin Ireland (4). Highlights--Byrd (B) 3x3; E. Ireland (B) 4x5.

Waitsburg-Prescott 12-9, Tri-Cities Prep 8-6

Waitsburg-Pres. 420 006 0 -- 12 14 2

Tri-Cities Prep 320 000 3 -- 8 9 2

Matt Tucker, Colby Weston (4) and Colby Mayberry; John Ahlers and Troy Redmann. Highlights--Chase Castona (TC) 2x3, 3B; Redmann (TC) 3x3, 3B; Will Hoppes (TC) 4RBI, HR; Sergio Lopez (TC) 2x3, 2RBI; Ryan Mason (W) 3x5, 2B.

Waitsburg-Pres. 203 301 0 -- 9 11 1

Tri-Cities Prep 005 100 0 -- 6 11 3

Mayberry, Mason (5) and Wilson; Jay Orth and Redmann. Highlights--Castona (TC) 3x4, 2B; Redmann (TC) 3x4, 2B; Ahlers (TC) 2x3, 2B.