Local briefs: Outlaws beat Titans at AAA Legion tournament
The Kennewick AAA Outlaws continued to roll through the Yakima side of the American Legion AAA state tournament, beating the Twin City Titans 15-9 Sunday to push their pool play record to 2-0. Trent Sellers was on base six times for the Outlaws and Mason Martin picked up a whopping seven RBIs on three hits.
Kennewick will try to earn a No. 1 seed into the championship bracket as it rounds out pool play against Baseball Beyond Borders at 4 p.m. Monday at Parker Field. The 1-1 Titans can advance if they beat Lower Columbia at 1 p.m.
Kenewick Outlaws | 200 | 101 | 335 | — | 15 | 12 | 2 |
Twin City Titans | 401 | 102 | 010 | — | 9 | 11 | 3 |
Highlights: Trent Sellers (K) 3 H, 3 BB; Mason Martin (K) 3 H, 7 RBI; Kaden Enriquez (TC) 4 H, 2 RBI.
▪ The Hanford AAA Flames rallied late against the Spokane Cannons on Sunday at the American Legion state tournament in Selah, but ultimately fell by a score of 2-1.
Nathan Rossine was hit by a pitch with one out in the bottom of the ninth and was driven in on a grounder up the middle by Trevor Smith, tallying the only run the Flames scored against Spokane’s McKade Cottrel.
The Flames will play their final game of the group stage against Bellingham Post 7 at 4 p.m. Monday.
Spokane Cannons | 020 | 000 | 0 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Hanford Flames | 000 | 000 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Highlights: McKade Cottrel (S) 9IP-4H-1R-1BB-6K; Nathan Rossine (H) 9IP-3H-2R-0ER-4BB-1K; Brad Poletski (H) 2x3, 2b, BB; Jared Smith (S) 1x4, 2b, R.
▪ Down 7-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth, the outlook was bleak for the Richland Knights on Sunday in state tournament action against River Ridge, but a big sixth inning and a walk-off single by Cooper Shelby lifted the Knights to an improbable 8-7 win.
Gavin March ripped a three-run triple in the sixth to spark a six-run, game-tying frame, and a lead off single and sacrifice bunt set the table for Shelby to slap the game-winning hit through the middle of the infield in the seventh. Richland will take on Asotin at 3 p.m. Monday.
Rodeo
Shayla Currin of Dayton dropped a few spots on the all around cowgirl standings at the final performance of the National High School Finals Rodeo Saturday in Gillete, Wyo., but still brought it home with a ninth place finish.
Currin ended up taking 16th overall in pole bending, and Clay Barry of Kennewick was 13th in barrel racing.
This story was originally published July 24, 2016 at 8:36 PM with the headline "Local briefs: Outlaws beat Titans at AAA Legion tournament."