Mid-Columbia sports replay for May 12

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2004: Jon Mecham threw his team-leading fifth complete game of the season to lift Columbia Basin College to a 6-0 win over Spokane in Pasco and help the Hawks clinch their sixth NWAACC East baseball title in seven seasons. The win — CBC’s 35th of the year — broke the school record for victories in a season.

1993: Kevin Cole went 4-for-5 and hit a key RBI triple to help the Prosser baseball team come back from a six-run deficit and went on to a 13-9 win over Ellensburg in a Mid-Valley district loser-out baseball game. Cole’s triple came in the sixth, and Tim Heberlein added a two-run single during a four-run inning for the Mustangs, who trailed 8-2 after two innings.

1984: Hanford’s Mike Malin topped Prosser’s Jim Early 6-0, 6-1 to lead the Falcons boys to a 5-0 win over the Mustangs for their first unbeaten Mid-Valley League season in 13 years.

1967: Mike Hansen and Dan Alley each threw shutouts to lead Walla Walla over Kennewick 2-0 and 4-0 and into first place in the Big Eight baseball standings. Wa-Hi moved a game ahead of Richland when the Bombers lost 1-0 to Wenatchee. Richland lefty Mike Fowler suffered his first loss of the season depite giving up just two singles.

1964: Rick Johnson threw a five-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts as the Columbia Basin College baseball team rolled to a 12-0 win over Wenatchee in the first game of a sweep of their Washington Junior College Northern Division doubleheader at Sanders Field. Bill Johnson and Jim Naslund each had four hits and three RBIs on the day.

This story was originally published May 12, 2017 at 3:01 PM with the headline "Mid-Columbia sports replay for May 12."