Prep Highlights: Battle Ground baseball outlasts Union to set up winner-take-all 4A GSHL title clash
The Class 4A Greater St. Helens League baseball title will be decided on the season's final day after Battle Ground beat Union 2-1 in 13 innings on Tuesday.
Battle Ground and Union will play a winner-take-all game Thursday at Union. Both teams are 6-2 in league play after splitting the first two of a three-game series.
Collin McGowan drove in the go-ahead run with a ground-rule double to centerfield with one out in the top of the 13th. That was the decisive hit in a game that featured clutch pitching.
Battle Ground starter James Gill III pitched seven shutout innings, striking out eight and walking one. The University of Washington-bound senior left the bases loaded in the second before stranding runners in scoring position in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.
Union had a chance to win on Gunner Brungardt's one-out single in the bottom of the seventh, but Tigers right fielder Dayton Mahoney threw out the runner at the plate.
Titans starter Isaiah Barge and Mason Korhonen held the Tigers scoreless through seven innings, allowing a combined two base hits.
Battle Ground broke the deadlock in the top of the 10th when Axel Massie was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
Union responded as Blake Sutton singled to drive in Jacob Chandler after an eight-pitch at bat with one out.
Battle Ground's Cooper McGowan pitched six innings in relief, striking out six and allowing four hits and two walks.
Stars of the Day
Tyson Hair, Ridgefield boys soccer, scored the lone goal in the first half of a 1-0 win over Woodland.
Lincoln Fogle, Camas baseball, threw a complete game, allowing six hits and one walk, in a 3-1 win over Skyview. He also went 2 for 3 at the plate with an RBI.
Jackson Taylor, Mountain View baseball, went 2 for 3 with a double and four RBI in a 17-1 win over Evergreen. He was also the winning pitcher, allowing two hits over four innings.
James Lubisich, Seton Catholic baseball, went 2 for 3 with a triple, two RBI and two runs scored in a 7-3 win over Castle Rock.
Gunnar Schockelt, La Center baseball, went 4 for 4 with a home run, a triple and six RBI in a 16-0 win over Columbia-White Salmon.
Kylee Kenck, King's Way Christian softball, went 2 for 3 with two doubles and three RBI in a 9-6 win over Fort Vancouver.
Kylie McMaster, Seton Catholic softball, homered three times, going 3 for 4 with seven RBI in a 12-3 win over Castle Rock.
Nellie Van Tol, La Center softball, went 3 for 4 with a home run and seven RBI in a 19-14 loss to Columbia-White Salmon.
Julia Mullinix, Columbia-White Salmon softball, went 4 for 5 with a home run, three doubles and six RBI in a 19-14 win over La Center.
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