Baseball: Pitching powers Chiawana sweep over Richland
CHIAWANA 7-6, RICHLAND 4-1: Marco Romero and Brayde Hirai delivered solid starting pitching performances and Andrew Vargas closed the door in both games to give the host Riverhawks a doubleheader sweep over the Bombers in MCC play.
Troy Simpkins hit a double and a triple, and Miguel Barragan had a two-run homer in the first game to pace the Chiawana attack. Romero gave up four runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings before turning it over to Vargas.
Hirai threw six innings of two-hit ball and Riley Cissne drove in three runs to lead the Riverhawks (8-4, 4-2) in the second game.
Josh Mendoza had four hits on the day for Richland (5-5, 3-3), and Adam Weissenfels hit a solo homer in the first game.
Richland | 001 | 102 | 0 | — | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Chiawana | 005 | 020 | x | — | 7 | 9 | 0 |
Highlights: R, Adam Weissenfels 1x1, 1-R HR, 3BB; Josh Mendoza 2x4, 2b; Kevin Augustine 2x4, R. C, Troy Simpkins 2x4, 2b, 3b, R, RBI; Miguel Barragan 2-R HR, BB; Riley Cissne 2x3, R, RBI; Marco Romero 5.1IP-7H-4R-1K-4BB; Andrew Vargas 1.2IP-0H-0R-2K-3BB.
Richland | 000 | 100 | 0 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Chiawana | 130 | 020 | x | — | 6 | 9 | 1 |
Highlights: R, Alex Chapman 2IP-4H-0ER-6K-1BB, Mendoza 2x3, RBI. C, Brayde Hirai 6IP-2H-1ER-2BB-9K; Vargas 1IP-0H-0R-1BB-3K, 2x4, RBI; Trent Simpkins 2x4, RBI; Cissne 2x3, R, 3 RBI.
SOUTHRIDGE 11-7, WALLA WALLA 1-8: Southridge’s Wyatt Hull scattered seven hits in the first game, and Walla Walla’s Mitch Lesmeister capped a three-run bottom of the seventh in the second game with a walk-off single as the Suns and Blue Devils battled to a doubleheader split in MCC play at Murr Sports Park in Walla Walla.
Mason Martin hit a three-run bomb for the Suns in the first inning of the day.
Lesmeister started and pitched 6 1/3 innings in the second game for Walla Walla, but was stuck with the no decision. He went 5-for-6 at the plate in the doubleheader.
Jake Harvey and Noah Weber each hit doubles for Southridge in the second game. Lane Hailey and Sergio Midili had RBI singles for the Suns in the seventh.
Southridge | 300 | 201 | 5 | — | 11 | 8 | 0 |
Walla Walla | 000 | 010 | 0 | — | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Highlights: SR, Mason Martin, 2x2, HR, 2BB, 4R, 3RBI, SB; Lane Hailey 3b, BB, 3RBI, R; Jake Harvey 2b, BB, R RBI; Wyatt Hull 7IP-7H-1R-2K-1BB. WW, Mitch Lesmeister 1x2, BB, SB.
Southridge | 011 | 003 | 2 | — | 7 | 8 | 1 |
Walla Walla | 111 | 020 | 3 | — | 8 | 9 | 2 |
Highlights: S, Harvey 2B; Noah Weber 2B, RBI; Wesley Hickman 2x4, RBI. WW, Lesmeister 6.1IP-6H-4ER-5BB-2K, 4x5, 2 RBI; Carter Davis .2IP-2H-0R-0BB-2K; Mason Knowles 3 RBI.
HANFORD 10-5, KAMIAKIN 4-4: The host Falcons rallied the bats behind a solid pitching performance from Bradley Poletski in the first game, and Desmond Samples ripped a walk-off knock in the second to get Hanford a big doubleheader sweep in MCC play.
Poletski scattered seven hits and six walks over 5 2/3 innings to give up just three runs and get the win in the first game.
The Falcons broke it open with a five-run fifth inning where they got the first six men aboard. Samples cashed in with a two-run double to left.
In the second game, Samples hit a one-out, pinch-hit single in the bottom of the seventh that scored Austin Young for the winning run.
Poletski and Gage Young singled to lead off the inning, and Austin Young came on as a pinch runner. One out later, Samples lashed a ground ball through the left side of the infield for the game-winner.
Tyson Brown went 4-for-4 for Kamiakin in the second game, including an RBI single in the top of the seventh as the Braves scored twice to tie it.
Kamiakin | 000 | 120 | 1 | — | 4 | 8 | 6 |
Hanford | 110 | 152 | x | — | 10 | 8 | 1 |
Highlights: K, Payton Flynn 2x4; Chase Grillo 2b, BB, 2RBI; DJ Cooke 2x3, 2b, SAC. H, Carsten Manderbach 2x3, 2b, BB, R; Desmond Samples 2b, BB, 2R, RBI; AJ Wiegand 2x2, BB; Bradley Poletski 5.2IP-7H-3R-1K-6BB.
Kamiakin | 010 | 001 | 2 | — | 4 | 9 | 4 |
Hanford | 030 | 010 | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Highlights: K, Grillo 3.1IP-2H-1ER-2K-5BB; Chase Krumm 3IP-4H-1ER-5K-3BB; Carson Green 2B; Kohlter Trimble 2x2, 2B; Tyson Brown 4x4. H, Shane Martin 5IP-1ER-1K-2BB; Poletski 2x4, 2B; Robert Young 2 BB, 2 SB.
KENNEWICK 7-19, PASCO 5-1: Swintek hit a pinch-hit single as the Lions scored two runs in the ninth to eke out an MCC win over host Pasco.
Mason Machart came on in the third inning in relief for Kennewick and wound up throwing seven innings for the well-earned win.
Jacob Koenig-Smith and Trevor Crawford each had a double and two RBIs for the Bulldogs.
The second game had far less drama, with the Lions scoring 14 runs in the third to end all doubt. Kyle Riche went 3 for 4 with five RBIs for Kennewick, which saw 11 different players cross home plate.
Kennewick | 302 | 000 | 002 | — | 7 | 13 | 2 |
Pasco | 200 | 030 | 000 | — | 5 | 13 | 2 |
Highlights: K, Mason Machart 7IP-10H-2ER-3BB-6K; Trent Sellers 2x5, 2B; Brayden Collier 2x5, 2B, RBI, R; Tim Gee 2x5, 2R, R; Easton Stevens 2x3, 3B, RBI, 2R, 2 SB; Cooper Shelby 3B, 2 RBI, R; Kyle Benton 2x5. P, Ryley Kasma 4IP-3H-2ER-3BB-4K; Jacob Koenig-Smith 3x5, 2B, 2R, 2 RBI; Trevor Crawford 2x5, 2B, 2 RBI; Zeff Rivas 2x4; Bryan Edwards 3x4.
Kennewick | 01(14) | 13 | — | 19 | 13 | 0 |
Pasco | 100 | 00 | — | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Highlights: K, Blake Collier 4IP-5H-1R; Gavin Watters 1IP-1H-2BB; Easton Stevens 2B, 2R, 3 RBI; Kyle Richie 2 2B; Talon Lafontaine 2x3, RBI; Brayden Collier 3R; Kyle Riche 3x4, 5 RBI, 2R; Kyle Benton 2x3, RBI, 2R.
This story was originally published April 14, 2017 at 10:39 PM with the headline "Baseball: Pitching powers Chiawana sweep over Richland."