Knights sweep Walleyes in Junior Legion doubleheader

Gibson McGeorge had four hits on the day and got a complete-game 13-3 win to open the Richland Knights’ Junior Legion doubleheader sweep of Moses Lake at Bomber Field.

In Game 2, Richland starter Trey Hardy battled Moses Lake’s Chase Tunstall for six innings before Hunter Merkle drove in Payton Radliff with a one-out single to right in the sixth inning to give the Knights (6-4) the 3-2 win.

Moses Lake 101 01 — 3 6 4

Richland 030 37 — 13 11 1

One out when 10-run rule invoked. Street and Habernaug, Wiliams (6); Gibson McGeorge and Tyler Kjarmo. Highlights—Tunstall (ML) 2x3; Sheldon Liikala (R) 3x3, 3B, 2 R; McGeorge (R) 1K, 3 BB, 2x4, 2R.

Moses Lake 020 000 0 — 2 5 2

Richland 000 111 x — 3 7 2

Tunstall and Williams; Trey Hardy and Hunter Merkle. Highlights—Rios (ML) 2 RBI; McGeorge (R) 2x3, RBI.

Wolfpack 7-17, Tigers 5-3: Cy Edie drove in four runs and Chance White scored five to lift the Kennewick Wolfpack (8-7) to a doubleheader sweep of the Richland Tigers in Babe Ruth 18s.

Richland 005 00 — 5 2 4

Kennewick 520 00x — 7 9 8

Chris Howard, Derrek Redden (2), Braeden Boast (3) and Alex Paul; Cy Edie, Chance White (4) and Joel Carson. Highlights—Redden (R) 2B, R; Kameron Olsen (K) 2 R; White (K) 2x3, 2 R; Edie (K) 2 RBI, R; Anthony Harper (K) 2B, R.

Richland 003 00 — 3 6 3

Kennewick 620 9x — 17 17 2

Robert Bauman, Boast (4), Tristan Brush (4) and Hall; Austin Gagnon, White (4) and Carson. Highlights—Matt McCranie (R) RBI; Bauman (R) 2 RBI, R; Redden (R) R; Boast (R) R; Olsen (K) 4x4, 3 R; White (K) 3x4, 2B, 3B, 3 R, 3 RBI; Edie (K) 3x4, 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R; Kyle Mauth (K) 2x3, 2 RBI, 2 R; Eric Wood (K) 2x3, 3 RBI.

This story was originally published June 19, 2012 at 12:27 AM with the headline "Knights sweep Walleyes in Junior Legion doubleheader."