Kennewick Bandits split with Yakima Valley
Conner O’Neil scattered eight hits and struck out seven as the Kennewick Bandits earned a 4-1 win against the Yakima Valley Pepsi Paks in the nightcap of a CWL Senior Legion baseball twinbill at Southridge High School on Tuesday night.
Trek Stemp had a triple for the Bandits in the first game, a 5-3 loss to the Pepsi Pak.
Yakima Valley 000 020 3 — 5 12 1
Kennewick Bandits 200 100 0 — 3 10 0
Wagar and Wells; Clayton Ayres and Garrett Wilz. Highlights—KB: Trek Stemp 3x3, 3B; Jarod Gonzales 3x4.
Yakima Valley 100 000 0 — 1 8 1
Kennewick Bandits 004 000 0 — 4 6 1
Johns and Wells; Conner O’Neil and Dylan Maurer. Highlights—KB: Jared Newbry 2x3; Taylor Sanderson 2B; O’Neil 7K
Richland Jr. Knights sweep
Mitch Piper had two doubles and three RBIs to key a 14-4 win in the first game of the Richland Knights’ sweep of the Yakima Beetles in a CWL Junior Legion doubleheader.
Hunter Chambers had three RBIs for Richland in the opener and Knights Connor Craig and Chad Miller combined for five RBIs in the nightcap’s 12-9 win.
Yakima Beetles 300 10 — 4 6 1
Richland Knights 804 2x — 14 12 1
Garrett and Gavin; Carson Miller and Tyler Kjarmo. Highlights—YB: Bryce 2x3. RK: Garrett Marsh 2x3; Hunter Chambers 2x3, 3 RBI; Mitch Piper 2x3, 2 2B, 3 RBI; Payton Radliff 3x3, 2B.
Yakima Beetles 310 040 1 — 9 12 3
Richland Knights 140 025 x — 12 14 2
Mortenson and Trudeam; Jake Ellis, Gibson McGeorge (2), Radliff (6), Sheldon Liikala (6) and Hunter Merkle, Kjarmo (2). Highlights—YB: Krueger 2x4, 2 2B; Trudeam 2x4, 2 2B, 3 RBI; West 2x3. RK: Chad Miller 3x4, 2 RBI; McGeorge 2x4; Kjarmo 2x4, 2B ; Connor Craig 3x4, 2 2B, 3 RBI.
Kennewick Jr. Dusters split
David Marshall and Seth Price had two hits apiece as the Kennewick Dusters bounced back from a 7-3 loss in the first game with a 7-6 win in the nightcap of a CWL Junior Legion contest against the Wenatchee Blues.
Wenatchee Blues 000 034 0 — 7 6 1
Kennewick Dusters 104 000 x — 5 7 2
Luke Zanol, Adam Grub (6) and Manny Gonzalez; Ryan Vela, Cody Pedroza (5) and Austin Hardy. Highlights—Wen: Grub 2x3, 3 RBI, 3B; Austin Woodring 2x4, 2 RBI. KD: Hardy 2x3.
Wenatchee Blues 040 000 2 — 6 6 1
Kennewick Dusters 012 103 x — 7 8 1
Nate Arnold, Dalton Harvin (4), Grub (6) and Gonzalez; David Marshall, Ryan Baker (7) and Hardy. Highlights—Wen: Alex Murray 3x4. KD: Marshall 2x2; Seth Price 2x4.
This story was originally published July 11, 2012 at 12:02 AM with the headline "Kennewick Bandits split with Yakima Valley."